From nc-agricowi at netcologne.de Thu Nov 1 21:33:16 2007 From: nc-agricowi at netcologne.de (NewMediaFest2007) Date: Thu, 01 Nov 2007 16:03:16 -0000 Subject: [Announcements] =?iso-8859-1?q?Launch_of_NewMediaFest2007?= Message-ID: <20071101170251.BADBB681.B475988A@192.168.0.3> Press Release ----------------------------------------- On 1 November, NewMediafest2007 is launched online. NewMediaFest2007 is the 1st common festival of [NewMediaArtProjectNetwork]:||cologne - www.nmartproject.net - developed, organised and directed by Wilfried Agricola de Cologne, founder and director of this global network. This press release is the first and general one, individual press releases will follow during the 1st November week, each day featuring another festival aspect. -------------------------------------------- NewMediaFest2007 consists of 2 components 1. the online showcase including the common festival interface on -->> http://2007.newmediafest.org 2. NewMediaFest2007 Blog - http://www.newmediafest.org/blog/ which is publishing all news and program schedules. ad 1) presentation of the featured festival contributions includes programm available as PDF for free download http://downloads.nmartproject.net/NewMediaFest_2007.pdf a) CologneOFF - Cologne Online Film Festival - --> CologneOFF III - Cologne Online Film Festival 2007 "Toon! Toon! - art cartoons and animated narratives b) JavaMuseum - Forum for Internet Technology in Contemporary Art 5 features--> ---> "Seven Ways of Saying Internet Through Netart" curated by Elena Giulia Rossi (Italy) ---> "a+b=ba?" - a showcase about blog art curated by Wilfried Agricola de Cologne ---> solo feature: 10 years netart by the US artist Jody Zellen ---> net.NET - 1st of a series of netart features --> re-launch of JIP - JavaMuseum Interview Project c) VideoChannel - video project environments 4 features--> --> solo feature: 7 videos by the Icelandic video artist Unnur. A. Einarsdottir --> selection: "art cartoons and animated narratives" --> Women Directors Cut - Edition III --> official launch of VIP - VideoChannel Interview Project d) SoundLAB - sonic art project environments 4 features---> SoundLAB Edition V --->soundSTORY - sound as a tool for storytelling --> special feature: soundart from South Africa curated by Julian Jonker --> special feature: soundart from Spain curated by Ruben Garcia --> ofiicial launch of SIP - SoundLAB Interview Project e) Cinematheque - streaming media project environments two features---> -->Slowtime2007? - Quicktime as an artistic medium 1st program of a six months lasting series --> a series of web performances by the Israeli artists duo Lital Dotan & Eyal Perry f) official launch of "AND - Artists Network Database" incorporating the biographies of more than 1400 media artists and curators from 70 countries collaborating with [NewMediaArtProjectNetwork]:||cologne. -------------------------------------------- NewMediaFest2007 is launched and organised on two levels: 1. online on http://2007.newmediafest.org 2. in physical space generally via cooperations, in this special case NewMediaFest2007 becomes physical in cooperation with 3rd International Digital Art Festival Rosario/Argentina - 15-17 November 2007 -->additional physical manifestations are planned in sequence. NewMediaFest2007 is further linked in November to FONLAD - Digital Art Festival Coimbra/Portugal and will be connected to numerous media art events during the coming months. It is planned to run NewMediaFest2007 actively until May 2008 to be replaced by a new festival edition later on - whereby all online components remain for permanent online afterwards. -------------------------------------------- NewMediaFest2007 is planning to issue in sequence PDF catalogues of the presented festival components. Two basic publications are issued as PDF for free download on occasion of the festival launch 1. general program - NewMediaFest2007 --->http://downloads.nmartproject.net/NewMediaFest_2007.pdf 2. catalogue --> CologneOFF III - 3rd edition of Cologne Online Film Festival -->http://downloads.nmartproject.net/CologneOFF_3rd_edition_2007.pdf -------------------------------------------- NewMediaFest2007 is a free cultural production powered by [NewMediaArtProjectNetwork]:||cologne the experimental platform for art and new media from Cologne/Germany) Technical note--> All browsers welcome, but they need to be Flash enabled - Flash 9 plug-in required - -------------------------------------------- This press release is issued by netEX - networked experience http://netex.nmartproject.net powered by [NewMediaArtProjectNetwork]:||cologne info (at) nmartproject.net -------------------------------------------- From turbulence at turbulence.org Fri Nov 2 03:23:57 2007 From: turbulence at turbulence.org (Turbulence) Date: Thu, 01 Nov 2007 21:53:57 -0000 Subject: [Announcements] Networked_Music_Review: Interview with Bill Fontana Message-ID: <014801c81cd1$b1133df0$1339b9d0$@org> Interview with Bill Fontana [excerpt] by Peter Traub Networked_Music_Review http://turbulence.org/networked_music_review Bill Fontana has been creating musical networks and making "sound sculptures" since the early 1970s. His works are usually large in scale and often involve the transmission of sounds from one 'listening' location with a network of microphones and/or sensors to another location where the sounds are overlayed onto the local sonic environment. Fontana's work focuses strongly on the idea of listening as a compositional act - that is, it is driven by the idea that music surrounds us constantly and that the patterns of music are audible if we just take the time to listen... Peter Traub: Natural sound is central to many of your pieces, especially the use of natural sound transplanted or displaced (or "trans-placed" as Anthony Moore termed it) into urban or man-made settings, such as your 1987 piece, "Sound Sculptures through the Golden Gate". The displacement and recontextualization of these sounds within new spaces is part of what makes your work effective. In the process of displacing the natural sounds, how do you treat them? That is, do you do any sort of processing on the sounds to transform them, do you prefer that they speak for themselves? Bill Fontana: There is no processing applied to the sounds except the artistic choice of putting a microphone near it or to map it. All my editing takes place before the recording or transmission is made. The transformation occurs in the re-contextualization of the sound. "Sound Sculptures through the Golden Gate", with its combination of vivid sea bird sounds and the deep musical tones of the Golden Gate Bridge Fog Horns has a musical quality that is almost Wagnerian. Many compositional details, such as how the placement of 8 microphones on different parts and dimensions of the Bridge would reveal natural acoustic delays was a type of acoustic processing that was deliberately chosen.. Bill Fontana will be answering reader's questions in the comments section until December 6, 2007. Read the complete interview here: http://tinyurl.com/2m3du3 Jo-Anne Green, Co-Director New Radio and Performing Arts, Inc.: http://new-radio.org New York: 917.548.7780 . Boston: 617.522.3856 Turbulence: http://turbulence.org Networked_Performance Blog: http://turbulence.org/blog Networked_Music_Review: http://turbulence.org/networked_music_review Upgrade! Boston: http://turbulence.org/upgrade New American Radio: http://somewhere.org From amitabh at sarai.net Sat Nov 3 19:15:00 2007 From: amitabh at sarai.net (Amitabh Kumar) Date: Sat, 03 Nov 2007 13:45:00 -0000 Subject: [Announcements] COMIC BOOK WORKSHOP- Call for entries. Message-ID: <64912B42-59FB-4DAB-93AF-396D4F7AE2A7@sarai.net> Sarai-CSDS and the French Information and Resource Center (FIRC) are collaborating on a series of events to popularize and promote a wider dissemination of comic books, graphic novels and graphic literature. The first in this series of events was a Comic Book reading by Orijit Sen at FIRC on the 26 October 2007. We now invite applications for a 9- day Comic Book/Graphic Novel Workshop (3 three day sessions). Intended for aspiring graphic artists and writers who are interested in learning the craft from some of the top practitioners of the form. We have invited two comic book authors from France and three of India's premier comic book practitioners to contribute to this workshop. France has a rich history of comic book practice and has been a focal point in the emergence of the new genre in the comic form – the Graphic Novel. Mathieu Sapin and Francois Dermaut will conduct the first session (3 days) of the workshop. Francois Dermaut is a renowned comic book author who has been creating comics for almost 30 years. Mathieu Sapin has worked extensively in almost all genres of the form, ranging from illustrations for children's books to graphic novels. Parismita Singh and Sarnath Banerjee will conduct the second session (3 days) of the workshop. Sarnath Banerjee is India's most recognized comic book author. His graphic novels ('Corridors', [1994] and `The Barn Owl's Wondrous Capers',[2006] ) have been critically acclaimed and significant in promoting a comic book culture in India. Parismita Singh's first graphic novel is soon to be published by Penguin. Orijit Sen will conduct the third and final session(3 days) of the workshop. One of the earliest practitioners of the form in India,Orijit authored 'The River of Stories' in 1994. He is presently working on a texto-visual representation of Kabir's poetry and is making his first animation film. The Comic Book workshop will be conducted over a period of three weeks. There will be 3 sessions per week. Session 1: 17, 18, 19 DECEMBER 2007 Venue: French information & Resource Center 2 Aurangzeb Road, New Delhi Facilitators: Mathieu Sapin & Francois Dermaut Session 2: 4, 5, 6 JANUARY 2008 Venue: The ATTIC 36 Regal Building Connaught Place, New Delhi-110001. Facilitators: Sarnath Banerjee & Parismita Singh Session 3: 17, 18, 19 JANUARY 2008 Venue: Sarai-CSDS 29 Rajpur Road Civil Lines, Delhi -110054 Facilitator: Orijit Sen People interested in participation should: Send in an original story/plot, drawing or a 2 page comic strip on any of the following themes: - DELHI 2084 - A BIZZARE EXPERIENCE - GETTING LOST:GETTING FOUND - SIGNAGES IN THE CITY Send the submissions by post/email to : Marielle Morin, Director, French Information Resource Centre 2 Aurangzeb Road, New Delhi 110011 (director at fircdel.com) OR Amitabh Kumar, Sarai-CSDS 29 Rajpur Road, Civil Lines, Delhi -110054 (amitabh at sarai.net) Please send your submissions by 21 NOVEMBER 2007 Note: Those selected for the workshop will be required to pay a fee of Rs. 2000/-. A fee waiver for special cases will be decided by the selection committee, whose decision is final. From nc-agricowi at netcologne.de Mon Nov 5 13:52:32 2007 From: nc-agricowi at netcologne.de (NMF2007) Date: Mon, 05 Nov 2007 08:22:32 -0000 Subject: [Announcements] =?iso-8859-1?q?NMF2007_-_JavaMuseum_netart_featur?= =?iso-8859-1?q?es?= Message-ID: <20071105092205.721BA754.5F7A18A9@192.168.0.3> NewMediaFest2007 http://2007.newmediafest.org NewMediaFest2007 blog http://www.newmediafest.org/blog/ 1st common festival of [NewMediaArtProjectNetwork]:||cologne 1 November 2007 - 31 May 2008 is proud to present a bunch of excellent netart features contributed by --------------------------------------> JavaMuseum - Forum for Internet Technology in Contemporary Art http://www.javamuseum.org a virtual museum dedicated to a specific form of digital art, i.e. "netart" - Internet based art. Founded in 2000, JavaMuseum, one of the pioneers in the field of netart incorporates via 18 showcases a most comprehensive collection of netart from the years 2000-2004 and is completely re-launched on occasion of NewMediaFest2007, by presenting 5 exhibition components 2.1. featured netart show, entitled: "Seven Ways to Say Internet with Net Art" - curated by Elena Giulia Rossi , also curator at National Museum of 21th Century Art - MAXXI Rome/Italy - including the artists --> Juliet Davis, Reinhald Drouhin, Free Soil (Amy Franceschini, Myriel Milicevic, Nis Rømer) Molleindustria, Santiago Ortiz, C.J.Yeh, Lorenzo Pizzanelli 2.2. "a+b =ba? [art+blog=blogart?] curated by Wilfried Agricola de Cologne featuring the artists Randy Adams aka runran (Canada), Tauvydas Bajarkevicius (Lithuania), Raheema Begum (India), Hans Bernhard (Austria), JR Carpenter (Canada), Antony Carriere (USA), Dylan Davies (USA), Ryan Gallagher (USA), Fabian Giles (Mexico), Ellie Harrison (USA), Gita Hashemi (Canada), Jeremy Hight (USA), Juan Patino (Argentina), Alexander Jancijevic (Canada), Richard Jochum (USA), Keith Deverell, Seth Keen, David Wolf (Australia), Kyon (Germany), Yvonne Martinsson (Sweden), Vytautas Michellevicius (Lithuania), Alex Perl (USA), Karla Schuch Brunet (Brazil), Robert Sloon; (USA), Andres Torres (Chile), Michael Szpakowski (UK), Matthew Williamson; (USA), Salvatore Iaconesi (Italy) 2.3. "10 Years Netart" - solo show presenting the online work 1997-2007 by the US artist Jody Zellen 2.4 net.NET I --> 1st edition of netart features including Adele Prince (UK), J.T.Wine (USA), Carlo Sansolo (Brazil), Les Liens Invisibles (Italy), MEZ (Australia), Konstantia Sofokleous (Cyprus) Katty Vandenberghe and Chris Diedericks (South Africa) 2.5. JIP - JavaMuseum Interview Project Wilfried Agricola de Cologne invites more than 80 professionals in the field of Internet based art - for an interview and answering 10 questions in order to contribute to a better understanding of an undervaluated contemporary art genre. --------------------------------------------- The Netart features by JavaMuseum can be acessed via NewMediaFest2007 interface on http://2007.newmediafest.org but also separately via individual URLs 7 ways to Internet with Netart - http://www.javamuseum.org/2007/index1.html a+b=ba? - http://www.javamuseum.org/2007/index2.html ne.NET I - http://www.javamuseum.org/2007/index3.html solo Jody Zellen - http://www.javamuseum.org/2007/index4.html JIP - JavaMuseum Interview Project - http://jip.javamuseum.org --------------------------------------------- NewMediaFest2007 is realized on 2 levels - 1. online in its totality -->http://2007.newmediafest.org --->http://www.newmediafest.org/blog/ 2. in physical space via cooperations--> the 1st physical NewMediaFest2007 is launched in the framework of 3rd Digital Art Festival Rosario/Argentina - 15-17 November 2007 more info on http://www.newmediafest.org/blog/ The general festival catalogue can be downloaded as PDF for free http://downloads.nmartproject.net/NewMediaFest_2007.pdf --------------------------------------------- This press release is issued by netEX - networked experience http://netex.nmartproject.net powered by [NewMediaArtProjectNetwork]:||cologne info (at) nmartproject.net -------------------------------------------- From crd at fondation-langlois.org Tue Nov 6 01:57:57 2007 From: crd at fondation-langlois.org (CR+D) Date: Mon, 05 Nov 2007 20:27:57 -0000 Subject: [Announcements] Daniel Langlois Foundation - 9 Evenings Reconsidered at the Tesla (Berlin) Message-ID: 9 Evenings Reconsidered at the Tesla (Berlin) Through a loan of artifacts from its collection, the Foundation has made possible the Berlin presentation of 9 Evenings Reconsidered: Art, Theatre, and Engineering, 1966. The exhibition will be presented at the Tesla from November 10, 2007, to December 8, 2007. Originally presented in 2006 at the MIT List Visual Center (Cambridge, MA, U.S.), 9 Evenings Reconsidered is a touring exhibition that was featured at Concordia University's Leonard & Bina Ellen Gallery (Montreal) in the spring of 2007. Organised by independent curator Catherine Morris, the exhibition will showcase extensive archival material associated with this event and offer various viewpoints of the 10 performances presented at the 69th Regiment Armory in New York in 1966. The Foundation has loaned a number of objects and materials from its 9 Evenings: Theatre and Engineering fonds to the exhibition, including, among others, a sample of the factual footage produced by Alfons Schilling, stage props, technological components, and technical drawings by engineer Fred Waldhauer. For more information on the Foundation's collection, please consult the findings aids in the 9 Evenings: Theatre and Engineering fonds: http://www.fondation-langlois.org/flash/e/index.php?Lstsrv=200711&NumPage=1841 An illustrated catalogue (in English) accompanies the exhibition. For more information on the Tesla exhibition, please consult: http://www.tesla-berlin.de/ From turbulence at turbulence.org Tue Nov 6 04:09:55 2007 From: turbulence at turbulence.org (Turbulence) Date: Mon, 05 Nov 2007 22:39:55 -0000 Subject: [Announcements] The ShiftSpace Commissions Program Message-ID: <013701c81ffc$bb7cb130$32761390$@org> November 5, 2007 Turbulence Commission: "The ShiftSpace Commissions Program" by Dan Phiffer and Mushon Zer-Aviv http://turbulence.org/works/shiftspace Turbulence has commissioned ShiftSpace and now ShiftSpace commissions you. Ten development grants of up to $2,000 will be awarded to individuals and collectives using ShiftSpace as a platform to create new "Spaces" and "Trails". About ShiftSpace: While the Internet's design is widely understood to be open and distributed, control over how users interact online has given us largely centralized and closed systems. The web is undergoing a transformation whose promise is user empowerment -- but who controls the terms of this new read/write web? The web has followed the physical movement of the city's social center from the (public) town square to the (private) mall. ShiftSpace attempts to subvert this trend by providing a new public space on the web. By pressing the [Shift] + [Space] keys, a ShiftSpace user can invoke a new meta layer above any web page to browse and create additional interpretations, contextualizations and interventions -- which are called "Shifts". Users can choose between several authoring tools -- called "Spaces" -- that allow web users to annotate, modify and shift the content of a page and through ShiftSpace, share that shift with the rest of the web. "Trails" are maps of shifts (shiftspace content) that create meta-layer navigation across websites. These trails might be used as a platform for collaborative research, for curating net art exhibitions, or as a way to facilitate a context-based public debate. Go to the commissions site (http://turbulence.org/works/shiftspace), watch the introductory video, apply for a grant and help us spread the word. "The ShiftSpace Commissions Program" is a 2007 commission of New Radio and Performing Arts, Inc., (aka Ether-Ore) for its Turbulence web site. It was made possible with funding from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs." BIOGRAPHIES Dan Phiffer is a new media hacker from California, interested in exploring the cultural dimension of inexpensive communications networks such as voice telephony and the Internet. Mushon Zer-Aviv is a designer, teacher and a media activist from Tel-Aviv whose work explores media in public space and public space in media. Mushon is the co-founder of Shual.com, ShiftSpace.org, YouAreNotHere.org and the Tel Aviv node of the Upgrade international network. Jo-Anne Green, Co-Director New Radio and Performing Arts, Inc.: http://new-radio.org New York: 917.548.7780 . Boston: 617.522.3856 Turbulence: http://turbulence.org Networked_Performance Blog: http://turbulence.org/blog Networked_Music_Review: http://turbulence.org/networked_music_review Upgrade! Boston: http://turbulence.org/upgrade New American Radio: http://somewhere.org From nc-agricowi at netcologne.de Tue Nov 6 14:47:39 2007 From: nc-agricowi at netcologne.de (NMF2007) Date: Tue, 06 Nov 2007 09:17:39 -0000 Subject: [Announcements] =?iso-8859-1?q?NMF2007_-_streaming_media_features?= =?iso-8859-1?q?_by_Cinemathque?= Message-ID: <20071106101710.6E9CBFDD.EAEE3756@192.168.0.3> NewMediaFest2007 http://2007.newmediafest.org NewMediaFest2007 blog http://www.newmediafest.org/blog/ 1st common festival of [NewMediaArtProjectNetwork]:||cologne 1 November 2007 - 31 May 2008 proudly presents today two streaming media serials by ------------------------------------------------------ 5. Cinematheque - streaming media project environments http://cinema.nmartproject.net is dedicated to the artistic use of streaming technology. Founded in 2001, the different Cinema Rooms were presenting program series of streaming media. On occasion of New MediaFest2007, Cinematheque launches the new projection room "Cinema_C" and the start of the 6 months lasting program series of --> 5.1. Web performance serial "The Glass House" by the Israeli artists duo Lital Dotan & Eyal Perry http://cinema.nmartproject.net/blog/?page_id=20 is a platform for weekly Web Performance shows. Every Tuesday on exactly 23:00 (GMT +02:00) a new performance is transmitted via the artists website 4 different spaces of their home (bed room, living room, bath room and Entrance hall) are the location for the performance, which focuses on one location each week. On occasion of 3rd Digital Art Festival Rosario/Argentina - http://www.newmediafest.org/blog/?page_id=16, Dotan - Perry prepare a special performance via the net on 17 November 2007. NewMediaFest2007 has the pleasure to present an archived performance stream via its festival interface. -->Next web performance, Tuesday, 6 November 23:00 (GMT +02:00) 5.2. The program serial "Slowtime2007? - Quicktime as an artistic medium is exploring the capabilities of the video format Quicktime for its artistic use The 1st program launched on 1 November is featuring -->Marko Batista (Slovenia), Marco Coraggio (Italy), Duprass - Belford, Liora and Ido Govrin (Israel), Factory148 (Russia), G.H. Hovagimyan (USA), Martin Mayer & H. Vogel (Germany), Adrian Miles (Australia), Rika Ohara (USA), Lobo Pasolini (Brazil), Guenter Puller (Austria), Arzu Ozkal Telhan (Turkey), Michael Zahnhausen (Austria) The next following monthly programs include further -->Abdel-Gawad, Tarik (USA), Andres, Ariel (Chile/USA), Augustynowicz, Artur (Canada), Barbeni, Luca (Italy), Batista, Maria Bauer & Stefanie Buecker (Germany), Beard, Bebe (USA), Bianchi, Silvia (UK), Blank, Jeremy (Australia), Ryan Boserio (Australia), Brasington, Robin Diane (UK), Brunelle, Jon Keith (USA), Caglioni, Diego (ItaLy), Camargo, Hugo (Brazil), Choi, Kyong Mee (South Korea), Cooley, Dana (UK), Cruz, Christiaan (USA), Einarsdottir, Unnur Andrea (Iceland), Fischler, Rami (Australia), Freeman, Heather (USA), Golan, Doron (USA), Hall, Tom (Australia), Insua, José (USA), Jochum, Richard (Austria/USA), Jones, Jeremiah (USA), Kannenberg, John (USA), Kapon Annetta (USA), Kasari/Juan (Finland), Kim, Man (USA), Kobi, Lionel (Switzerland), Koven, Mark (USA), Latchman, Stephen Daniel (Australia), Lee, Irad (Israel/Netherlands), Majstorovic, Sonja H. (Croatia), Malc (Italy), Murphy, John (Ireland), Murray, Steve (Australia), Naismith, Emily (Australia), Niebe, Rick (USA), No, Goh de (Australia), Olim, Hugo (Portugal), Paiva Margerida (Portugal), Palmer, Stephen (USA), Pollak, Anat (USA), Paul, Lewis & Taylor, Sarah (UK), Prautzsch, Peter (Germany), Quaranta, Dario (Italy) & Soo-ja Jang (S.Korea), Ricardo, Joao & Matos, David (Portugal), Rosen, Avi (Israel), ROUSSEAU, Anthony (France), Rupp, Christian (Austria), Sarff, Michael (USA), Schmidt, Stephana (Germany), Schutterhoef, Arie van (Netherlands), Shatalova, Oksana (Kazakhstan), Szapakowski, Michael (UK), Tan, Sandra Louise (Australia), Telhan, VJ Nokami (Canada), Weberg, Anders (Sweden), Anette Weintraub (USA), Wilde, Frederik de (Belgium), Williams, Alison (SA), Dr. Woohoo (USA), Ying, Ma (Australia), Zellen, Jody (USA) 5.3 Special screening program to be screened on divers festivals "Slowtime/Dreamtime" is the title of a special selection program prepared forl screenings, including Marco Batista (Slovenia), Laurent Pernot (France), Oksana Shatalova (Kazakhstan), John Brunelle (USA), Artur Augustynowicz (Canada), Jeremiah Jones (USA), Anders Weberg (Sweden), Margerida Paiva (Portugal), Norbert Attard (Malta), Daniel Iturrizaga (Peru) and others. --------------------------------------------------- The streaming media features by Cinematheque can be acessed via NewMediaFest2007 interface on http://2007.newmediafest.org but also separately via an individual URL "Slowtime2007 - Quicktime as an artistic medium and Dotan-Perry web performance http://cinema.nmartproject.net/cinema_c/index.html --------------------------------------------- NewMediaFest2007 is realized on 2 levels - 1. online in its totality -->http://2007.newmediafest.org --->http://www.newmediafest.org/blog/ 2. in physical space via cooperations--> the 1st physical NewMediaFest2007 is launched in the framework of 3rd Digital Art Festival Rosario/Argentina - 15-17 November 2007 more info on http://www.newmediafest.org/blog/ --> It is further linked with FONLAD Digital Art Festival Coimbra/Portugal http://www.aaa-euac.org/fonlad.html The general festival catalogue can be downloaded as PDF for free http://downloads.nmartproject.net/NewMediaFest_2007.pdf --------------------------------------------- This press release is issued by netEX - networked experience http://netex.nmartproject.net powered by [NewMediaArtProjectNetwork]:||cologne info (at) nmartproject.net -------------------------------------------- From nc-agricowi at netcologne.de Wed Nov 7 14:33:41 2007 From: nc-agricowi at netcologne.de (NMF2007) Date: Wed, 07 Nov 2007 09:03:41 -0000 Subject: [Announcements] =?iso-8859-1?q?NMF2007_-_Cologne_Online_Film_Fest?= =?iso-8859-1?q?ival_-_3rd_edition?= Message-ID: <20071107100310.AA19DF7C.8DA5D171@192.168.0.3> NewMediaFest2007 http://2007.newmediafest.org NewMediaFest2007 blog http://www.newmediafest.org/blog/ 1st common festival of [NewMediaArtProjectNetwork]:||cologne 1 November 2007 - 31 May 2008 proudly presents CologneOFF III - 3rd edition of Cologne Online Film Festival ------------------------------------------------------ 1. CologneOFF - Cologne Online Film Festival http://coff.newmediafest.org is a new type of mobile film/video festival founded in 2006 and directed by Wilfried Agricola de Cologne, which takes place simultaneously online and offline. The OFFline festival is always organised in cooperation with partner festivals. In 2007, CologneOFF is organising its 3rd edition, entitled: Toon! Toon! art cartoons and animated narratives featuring 1.1 21 selected films (PDF catalogue for free download http://downloads.nmartproject.net/CologneOFF_3rd_edition_2007.pdf) by Ji Hyung Ahn (South Korea),topo - Leonardo R. Beltrán Navarro (Chile) Konstantin Dimitriev (Russia), Rami Fischler (Australia) Anaisa Franco (Brazil), Kaspars Groshevs (Latvia), Gerald Habarth (USA), Lycette Bros. (Australia), Man Kim (South Korea/USA), Hermes Mangialardo (Italy), Lars Nagler (Germany), Martin Oja (Estonia), Silvia Cacciatory Filloy (Uruguay), Ying-Fang Shen (Taiwan), Nadja Solari (Switzerland), Simon Streatfeild (Australia) Andy Sykes (UK), Tom de Pekin (France), Henry Gwiazda (USA), Alexander Satim Timofeev (Russia), Ina Loitzl (Austria) 1.2 Retrospective of 8 animated short films (2002-2006) by Nick Fox-Gieg (USA/NL) [PDF catalogue in preparation] --------------------------------------------------- The CologneOFF III festival program by can be acessed via NewMediaFest2007 interface on http://2007.newmediafest.org but also separately via 1. http.//coff.newmediafest.org/index00.html --> access to all festival editions - 2. http://coff.newmediafest.org/index3.html -->access to CologneOFF III only --------------------------------------------- NewMediaFest2007 is realized on 2 levels - 1. online in its totality -->http://2007.newmediafest.org --->http://www.newmediafest.org/blog/ 2. in physical space via cooperations--> the 1st physical NewMediaFest2007 and CologneOFF III are launched in the framework of 3rd Digital Art Festival Rosario/Argentina - 15-17 November 2007 more info on http://www.newmediafest.org/blog/ --> It is further linked with FONLAD Digital Art Festival Coimbra/Portugal http://www.aaa-euac.org/fonlad.html Following PDF catalogues are available for free download The general festival catalogue http://downloads.nmartproject.net/NewMediaFest_2007.pdf CologneOFF III - Toon! Toon! - art cartoon and animated narratives http://downloads.nmartproject.net/CologneOFF_3rd_edition_2007.pdf --------------------------------------------- This press release is issued by netEX - networked experience http://netex.nmartproject.net powered by [NewMediaArtProjectNetwork]:||cologne info (at) nmartproject.net -------------------------------------------- From xavier.cahen at pourinfos.org Wed Nov 7 16:07:40 2007 From: xavier.cahen at pourinfos.org (xavier cahen pourinfos.org) Date: Wed, 07 Nov 2007 10:37:40 -0000 Subject: [Announcements] Today is Auckland Time #1 ! Message-ID: <4731956B.6040206@pourinfos.org> Today is Auckland Time #1 ! 1. Public Lecture: Elam School of Fine Arts Lecture Theatre, University of Auckland, New Zealand Monday 12 November 2007. Easy Listening Series > Against Cultural Confinement: a talk by UK-based curators Kitty Anderson and Gavin Delahunty > UK based curators Gavin and Kitty will draw on their individual experiences to discuss the current landscape for contemporary art. Explore contemporary perspectives in the aesthetic, semantic, social and economic aspects of their different roles through the prism of the public institution and the art fair. Kitty Anderson is Associate Curator of Frieze Projects, the annual curatorial programme at Frieze Art Fair. Gavin Delahunty has recently been appointed Curator of Middlesborough Institute of Modern Art (MIMA). Prior to this he worked as Assistant Curator at Modern Art Oxford. http://www.artspace.org.nz/ 2. Public Lecture: Museum Building Theatrette, Massey University, Wellington, New Zealand Thursday 15 November 2007 4-5PM. Patrick Laviolette > Dr Patrick Laviolette is a senior lecturer at Massey University. One of his current research projects The Second Life of Things investigates the recycling of identities, history and heritage. In this lecture Laviolette will present through several international examples how historically significant relics and waste are transformed into works of art. He aims to challenge superficial views of ‘recyclia’ (or recycled art) and consider more conceptual, holistic perspectives by emphasising the conversion of everyday artefacts into recyclia and recycled narratives. The talk will explore the recovery of social memory and the recuperation of the past. http://creative.massey.ac.nz/ 3. Artist Talk: The Gus Fisher Gallery, Auckland, New Zealand Saturday 17 November 1pm, Blackboard lecture: John Reynolds > John Reynolds is a well-known New Zealand painter who has used "drawing" heavily as a language of uncertainties, chance associations, of flashes of meaning. His work embraces life’s complexity through drawing, rather than trying to simplify it. In the Blackboard Lecture, John Reynolds will explore the texts in his I Tell You Solemnly installation, a site-specific work made for the foyer in response to the gallery's dramatic architecture. This installation is on show until Sat 24 November. Reynolds' Speaking Truth to Power is also on show in Gallery Two. http://www.gusfishergallery.auckland.ac.nz 4. Call for proposals: Blue Oyster Art Project Space 2008 International Summer Residency. Dunedin New Zealand Apply by Monday 19 November 2007: Residencies/Fellowships, all creative areas. Residency Dates: March 2008 (negotiable) > The Blue Oyster Art Project Space, Dunedin, New Zealand is currently seeking proposals from practitioners in any discipline or media for our 2008 International Summer Residency. The aim of the International Residency is to allow the Blue Oyster Art Project Space to engage directly with sectors of the Dunedin community and expose the city to the culture and practice of an international practitoner. It allows an international practitioner to travel to New Zealand (if required) and develop a project that specifically engages with a specified sector of the Dunedin community over a period of four weeks in March 2008. It is vital that the practitioner indicates how they propose to do this in their application. The Blue Oyster Arts Project space will provide some assistance to the chosen practitioner in liaising with the relevant community groups. For more details contact Michelle Armistead on blueoyster at blueoyster.org.nz or refer to the link below. http://www.blueoyster.org.nz 5. Call for proposals: The Kiosk 2008, The Physics Room, Christchurch, New Zealand Apply by Friday 30 November 2007, all visual arts > The Kiosk is located in the busy intersection on the corner of High, Lichfield and Manchester Streets in Christchurch. It brings contemporary art to the streets, and it's the smallest and most public art site of The Physics Room. The space is equipped with power, halogen lights and built-in speakers, with floor dimensions of 700mm along the windows, 557mm at the narrowest end, 710mm at the widest end and 705mm high. The Kiosk is currently seeking proposals from artists and curators for exhibitions in 2008. For application details and further information, please refer to the link below. http://www.physicsroom.org.nz/kiosk/ 6. Call for proposals: NZ Sculpture OnShore 2008 Apply by Saturday 1 December 2007 > NZ Sculpture OnShore is a national outdoor sculpture exhibition that's held biennially on Auckland's North Shore. NZ Sculpture OnShore features major works by many established sculptors alongside works by emerging artists, it is the largest outdoor sculpture exhibition and a major fixture on the New Zealand arts scene. The 2008 exhibition will be curated by Rob Garrett. Rob recently led Auckland City Council's public art review and project managed Speculation, New Zealand's portable pavilion for the 52nd Venice Biennale. The sculpture exhibition also helps raise funds for the support of Women's Refuges. For more information and an application form, contact Rob on curator at nzsculptureonshore.co.nz or refer to the link below. http://www.nzsculptureonshore.co.nz Selected by Hsiao-Hui HUANG for pourinfos.org ----------------------------------------------------------------------- http://pourinfos.org l'actualité du monde de l'art / daily Art news Direction de la publication Xavier Cahen, webdesign Loz pourinfos.org est une page d’informations diverses et variées sur l'art contemporain, entendez ici, l’art qui se fait aujourd’hui. Cette lettre d’informations est bihebdomadaire. Contact humain xavier.cahen at pourinfos.org From nc-agricowi at netcologne.de Thu Nov 8 14:07:31 2007 From: nc-agricowi at netcologne.de (NMF2007) Date: Thu, 08 Nov 2007 08:37:31 -0000 Subject: [Announcements] =?iso-8859-1?q?NMF2007_-_SoundLAB_-_Edition_V_-_s?= =?iso-8859-1?q?oundart_features?= Message-ID: <20071108093658.30DEFCA7.13E18F48@192.168.0.3> NewMediaFest2007 http://2007.newmediafest.org NewMediaFest2007 blog http://www.newmediafest.org/blog/ 1st common festival of [NewMediaArtProjectNetwork]:||cologne 1 November 2007 - 31 May 2008 proudly presents the forth festival component ----------------------------------------------- 4. SoundLAB - sonic art project environments http://soundlab.newmediafest.org is dedicated to a specific form of digital art, i.e. soundart, - incorporating currently 12 curators, more than 300 artists & 1000 soundart works focussing on "memory and identity". 4.1. On occasion of NewMediaFest2007, SoundLAB issues its Edition V, standing under the theme of "soundSTORY - sound as a tool for storytelling" curated by Melody Parker-Carter, including --> 4th World Orchestra, Mauro Arrighi (Italy), Tautvydas Bajarkevicius (Lithuania), Nat Bates (USA), Andrea Callard (USA), Bronwen Casson (Ireland), Matthew Clair (UK), Budhaditya Chattopadhyay (India), Jessica Curry (UK), Martin Desloovere (Netherlands), Paul Devens(Belgium), Marcin Dopieralski (Poland), Dorsey Dunn (USA), Jared Dunne (USA), Chad Eby (USA), Edward Ficklin (USA); RobynYost (USA) Satoshi Fukushima (Japan), u n c l e j i m (UK), IdoGovrin (Israel), Scott Hall (USA), Le Tuan Hung (Vietnam), Zoe Irvine (UK), Margaret Jameson (USA), Sirpa Jokinen (Finland), Leonel Kaplan (Argentina), Jane Fenton Keane (Australia), Elsa Lankford (USA), les riches douaniers (France), Matt MacKissack (UK), Isabelle Mairiaux (Belgium), Wittwulf Y Malik;(Germany), John Maters (Netherlands), Jenni Meredith (UK), David Mooney (USA), Jeff Morris (USA), Monica Ong; (USA), Jo Pearson (USA), John Plenge (USA), Roland Roos (Netherlands), Benjamin Rossignol (USA), Khaled Sabsabi (Lebanon), Mukherjee Sayandeb (India), Janek Schaefer (UK), Yolanda Spinola Spain), Aleksei Stevens (USA), Eldad Tsabary (Canada), YohannWalter (France), Simon Whetham (UK) 4.2 Curatorial contribution by Ruben Garcia (Valencia/Spain) featuring following Spanish sound artists --> Coeval (Madrid), Xabi Erkizia (Basque Country), Roc Jimenez (EVOL) (Barcelona), Feran Fages (Barcelona), Ruben Garcia.(Valencia) 4.3. Curatorial contribution by Julian Jonker (South Africa) Featuring following South African sound artists --> Brendon Bussy, Garth Erasmus, Neo Muyanga, James Webb & James Sey, James Webb, Righard Kapp, Brydon Bolton, Julian Jonker 4.4. SIP - SoundLAB Interview Project - http://sip.newmediafest.org NewMediaFest2007 is the occasion to launch SIP official on a new site incorporating now more than120 interviews. Wilfried Agricola de Cologne invites sound artists participating in SoundLAB for an interview and answering 10 questions spotlighting the background of their artistic creations. --------------------------------------------- NewMediaFest2007 is realized on 2 levels - 1. online in its totality -->http://2007.newmediafest.org --->http://www.newmediafest.org/blog/ 2. in physical space via cooperations--> the 1st physical NewMediaFest2007 is launched in the framework of 3rd Digital Art Festival Rosario/Argentina - 15-17 November 2007 more info on http://www.newmediafest.org/blog/ --> It is further linked with FONLAD Digital Art Festival Coimbra/Portugal http://www.aaa-euac.org/fonlad.html The general festival catalogue can be downloaded as PDF for free http://downloads.nmartproject.net/NewMediaFest_2007.pdf --------------------------------------------- This press release is issued by netEX - networked experience http://netex.nmartproject.net powered by [NewMediaArtProjectNetwork]:||cologne info (at) nmartproject.net -------------------------------------------- From keshvani at leoalmanac.org Fri Nov 9 07:14:22 2007 From: keshvani at leoalmanac.org (Nisar Keshvani, LEA) Date: Fri, 09 Nov 2007 01:44:22 -0000 Subject: [Announcements] Resend - Leonardo Electronic Almanac Supplement Volume 15, Number 9 - 10, 2007 Message-ID: <5d60ab0c0711081734t68051b22o7319f730c7009112@mail.gmail.com> Please ignore earlier email - the correct version of LEA Supplement Vol 15, No 9-10 is included in this email below. Sincere apologies. ________________________________________________________________ Leonardo Electronic Almanac Volume 15, Number 9 - 10, 2007 http://leoalmanac.org ISSN #1071-4391 ________________________________________________________________ LEONARDO REVIEWS ---------------- < Introduction by Michael Punt > < Camouflage and Art: Design for Deception in World War 2, by Henrietta Goodden > Reviewed by Roy R. Behrens < Cartographic Cinema, by Tom Conley > Reviewed by Jan Baetens < Much Ado About Almost Nothing: Man's Encounter with the Electron, by Hans Camenzin > Reviewed by John F. Barber < New Leonardo Reviews, September and October, 2007 > LEONARDO -------- < Table of Contents: Leonardo Vol. 40, No. 5, 2007 > LEONARDO ABSTRACT SERVICE -------------------------- < Expressive Processing: On Process-Intensive Literature and Digital Media > by Noah Wardrip-Fruin < Generative Music and Cellular Automata > by David Burraston < Aquabatics as new works of Live Art > by Sarah Jane Pell < Interactive Technologies for the Public Sphere: Towards a Theory of Critical Creative Technology > by Pamela Jennings < Landscape Denatured: Digitizing the Wild > by Eric Kabisch < This is not here: Connectedness, remote experiences and immersive telematic art > by Michael Hohl LEONARDO NETWORK NEWS --------------------- < Meredith Tromble Elected Secretary of Leonardo Governing Board > < Transactions Section Offers Rapid Publication Forum in Leonardo Journal > < Leonardo in Argentina: CEIArtE Lecture and Workshop series (2007--2008) > < Recent Events and Projects of the Leonardo Scientists Working Group > BYTES ----- < Digital Humanities Chair Position available at Dartmouth College > ________________________________________________________________ LEONARDO REVIEWS, October 2007 ________________________________________________________________ < Introduction > One of the great pleasures of editing Leonardo Reviews (and I hope reading them) is the unexpected and the appearance of the difficult to see. In this selection I want to draw attention to a few items that have a particular fascination, a sort of compulsive attraction. For example Roy R. Behren's review of Camouflage and Art: Design for Deception in World War 2 by Henrietta Goodden takes us into a rather specialised world of camouflage in such a way that one wonders what other connections there are to be made behind the drab daubs on military hardware that are designed for us to ignore. Jan Baetens' discussion of Tom Conley's new book Cartographic Cinema also deals with the scarcely visible. Conely, always a provocative thinker, turns his attention to some aspects of the cinema that might simply be running in the background to our normal engagement with a movie. As Baetens points out, in these he finds considerable significance and argues for their status with great compulsion. In doing so he claims a special place for all cinema- not just the landmark art house productions. Finally John Barber turns his attention to the invisible in Much Ado About Almost Nothing: Man's Encounter with the Electron, by Hans Camenzind. As Barber points out the cultural invisibility of electricity (as distinct from its effects) is underpinned by a long and fascinating history. Driven by a heterogeneous collection of oddballs and eccentrics the "taming" of the electron, as he puts it, has provided the scenario for Camenzind's comprehensive narrative which reveals to us a depth and complexity of an invisible entity that we all use but few of us acknowledge. These reviews and others which conceal equally fascinating treasures can be found at Leonardo Reviews along with the archive. Michael Punt Editor-in-Chief Leonardo Reviews Camouflage and Art: Design for Deception in World War 2 by Henrietta Goodden London: Unicorn Press, 2007 192 pp. 120 illustrations, color and b&w. Trade, $55.00 ISBN: 978-0-906290-87-3. Reviewed by Roy R. Behrens Department of Art, University of Northern Iowa, USA. http://www.bobolinkbooks.com, ballast at netins.net The current heightened interest in camouflage can be at least partly attributed to Charles Darwin. In The Origin of Species, first published in 1859, he hypothesized that the evolution of species occurs not through divine intervention but by autonomous natural selection, and that the likelihood of survival is weighted in favor of those that are better fitted than others. By the turn of the century, the study of natural camouflage (known then as "protective coloration") became a research theatre for the confirmation of Darwin's theories. Knowing that, it is of additional interest to find (as this book ably documents) that one of the chief participants in wartime British camouflage was Robin Darwin (1910-1974), a painter and descendent of the famous naturalist. During World War II, Robin Darwin became secretary to the British Camouflage Committee, where he spoke in favor of using artists as camouflage experts, along with architects, engineers and scientists. Later, a few years after the war, when the Royal College of Art was reopened and reorganized, Robin Darwin was appointed its director. One of the achievements of this book is to reveal the surprising extent to which artists associated with the college (whether before or after the war) were also directly connected with the development of camouflage: indeed, in the years that followed the war, nearly all the school's faculty in graphics, printmaking, industrial and furniture design, and jewelry, along with a number of tutors and guest artists, had in some way served as camouflage advisors. A further purpose of the book is more inclusive: divided into 10 chapters (with specific subject areas as Civil Camouflage, RAF Camouflage, Army Camouflage, Desert Camouflage, Admiralty Camouflage and so on), it provides a more generalized overview of the whole of British camouflage during World War II, as undertaken by a wide range of artists, not just those with direct links to the RCA. The roster of camouflage artists is lengthy and includes (among numerous others) such more or less familiar names as artists Frederick Gore, Stanley Hayter, Roland Penrose, Edward Wadsworth, David Pye, Edward Seago and Julian Trevelyan; architects Hugh Casson and Basil Spense; stage designers Robert Medley and Oliver Messel; fashion designer Victor Stiebel; and zoologist (and scientific illustrator) Hugh B. Cott. Few people are better suited for putting this book together than is Henrietta Goodden, a British authority on fashion design, who currently teaches at the Royal College of Art and who is the daughter of the late Robert Goodden, one of the RCA teachers who also served as a naval camouflage advisor. At the moment there is a frenzy of on-going research about camouflage, both natural and military, much of it still in the interests of understanding natural selection. Anyone who knows the existing literature will appreciate the significance of this book: It provides us for the first time with a tirelessly researched, well-written account of a slice of the oddball connection between Modern-era art and camouflage (especially British Modernism), a part that was there but not fully explored. Plentifully supplemented by camouflage-related artwork, historic wartime photographs, government documents, and hand-drawn field instructions (many of which appear in print for the first time), this book is a rich, indispensable source for future work within this field. (Reprinted by permission from Ballast Quarterly Review, Volume 21 Number 1, Autumn 2007.) Cartographic Cinema by Tom Conley University of Minnesota Press, Minneapolis, MN, 2007 264 pp. illus., 40 b/w. Trade, $75.00; paper, $25.00 ISBN: 0-8166-4357-1; ISBN: 0-8166-4356-3. Reviewed by Jan Baetens University of Leuven jan.baetens at arts.kuleuven.be In the steadily growing literature on maps and mapping in the fields of literary theory, visual studies, and critical thinking, Tom Conley's book can be called a major achievement, both for the clarity and profoundness of its theoretical insights and the exceptional brio of its close readings. Moreover, Cartographic Cinema is not just a book that makes a strong plea for close-reading but succeeds in demonstrating the theoretical necessity of this approach, provided it is articulated with strong theoretical perspectives. As such, Tom Conley has written a book that is a major contribution to film studies (and other related fields) as well as an exciting collection of essays on the history of 20th Century cinema, starting from René Clair's Paris qui dort (The Crazy Ray, 1923) to Ridley Scott's Gladiator (2000). How does Conley define the notions of "map" and "mapping"? A specialist of cartography himself, on which he has widely published, inside and outside the field of film studies, Conley argues first of all that maps are not just items or images that can be shown or mentioned in movies, but that movies themselves have to be considered maps (in the rest of Cartographic Cinema, this two-sidedness will be the leading thread of each analysis), i.e. visual structures that shape the imagination of the spectator and can be used as tools for the deciphering of the world that is referred to by the movie. The meaning of maps and mapping is, therefore, much broader than mere geography (a map offers or imposes also a worldview), while it cannot be reduced to a linguistic approach of the world (maps do not transcribe speech, even if they happen to include many verbal and written elements). As a matter of fact, it is not only the film seen as a whole that can function as a map, but also each of its images, as they gradually unfold and change before the eyes of the spectator. For Tom Conley (and almost all the close readings of the book will provide evidence of the rightness of this conviction), "everything" can obtain a cartographic dimension: the logo of the film company, the credits and intertitles, the very images (with or without visible maps), and so on. In all these occasions, movies do function as actual maps, by showing "where" we are and by linking our identities to that cartographic issue ("who" we are cannot be separated from "where" we are), and just like maps this showing function is not only referential but also ideological, for maps and movies disclose relationships that go otherwise unnoticed. In that regard, it would be unfair to reduce the cartographic function of maps to the appropriative, controlling, and administrative functions they are generally associated with. Conley's theoretical preferences and convictions go clearly into the direction of the singular and the event. Claiming that film studies should follow the hypothesis "to each film its map", Cartographic Cinema builds mainly on the work of two other major theoreticians, André Bazin (who had already developed a theory of movies as maps) and Gilles Deleuze (whose writings on Deleuze remain an essential contribution to the modern theory of mapping). From Bazin's defence of neo-Realism and his ideal of film as representation of the real, Conley uses the idea of the "image-field" which is not the (secondary) background for what really matters, namely the action, but an existential space in which all places are as important as any other and which is shifting itself through time. From Deleuze's ideas on the work as "open totality", Conley borrows the suggestion that the spatial field on screen is capable of producing events that modify our perception of the world itself. This openness to what may happen on screen, instead of being statically reproduced by the images, makes that Conley's focus--following in this also the majors beliefs of Deleuze and Bazin--is actually less on the map than on mapping, less on the display than on the making of history, less on the map (and the film) as representation than on the map (and the film) as becoming. It is this active dynamic that is foregrounded in the close- readings of the book, which are often breathtaking. In 10 chapters, Conley makes clear that the choice of the map as a privileged reading tool of cinema can be extremely illuminating and that the selection of films including maps is a very original and profound way to inscribe the reading of movies into the larger process of cognitive mapping, which is, for Conley and Jameson whom the author is following here, a way of linking the close-reading of often tiny details with contextual, historical, and political issues. The reader of Cartographic Cinema will, therefore, always hesitate between two types of admirations, appreciating both the cleverness and hermeneutic power of the reading of so many details linked with maps (or made visible thanks to the emphasis put on fragments containing maps or fragments read as maps) and the author's capacity to link these details with a larger inquiry on the historical and ideological positioning of the analyzed movies. In particular, one should mention here the exciting rereading of Renoir's La Règle du jeu, Rossellini's Roma, città aperta, Truffaut's Les 400 Coups (three films one thought to know by heart, but which Conley manages to "reinvent" completely) or Kassovitz's La Haine (whose dialogues and various inscriptions the author decodes with the same love and intelligence as did Stanley Cavell with the allegedly insignificant screwball comedies in The Pursuit of Happiness, a book which I think has quite some analogies with Cartographic Cinema). But all analyses by Conley are convincing and rewarding, and since the author happily mixes "art movies" and "commercial movies" (from film noir to post-cinema neo- cinema of attractions movies) it is no exaggeration to hope that his cartography may became a major paradigm in critical film studies. Much Ado About Almost Nothing: Man's Encounter with the Electron by Hans Camenzind BookLocker.com, Bangor, ME, 2007 240 pp., illus. 59 b/w. Trade, $14.95 ISBN: 978-0-615-13995-1. Reviewed by John F. Barber Digital Technology and Culture Washington State University Vancouver jfbarber at eaze.net Electricity, available on demand, is so much a part of our everyday lives as to be transparent, nondescript, seemingly without a story. But, as Hans Camenzind makes clear in his new book, Much Ado About Almost Nothing: Man's Encounter with the Electron, the history of electricity, electrical invention, and the application of electricity in a myriad of contexts, is both long and interesting. Camenzind, a microchip designer, has an affinity for the oddballs and eccentrics who discovered and tamed electricity. Scientists, engineers, inventors, self-promoters, professors, visionaries, speculators, moguls, geniuses, politicians, venture capitalists, and con artists all receive coverage. There are the well-known historical figures: Benjamin Franklin, Michael Faraday, Samuel F. B. Morse, Alexander Graham Bell, Nikola Tesla, Thomas Edison, and Guglielmo Marconi, as well as the lesser-known but still important contributors like Lee de Forest (the self-proclaimed "Father of Radio") and John Baird, who built the first television set in his attic in 1923. Camenzind briefly sketches the lives, education, achievements, fortunes and misfortunes of these and dozens of other electrical explorers. The results are (to pun) illuminating. For example, Benjamin Franklin's experiments with electricity are well known. Less known is that following his famous experiment flying a kite into an electrical storm, Franklin championed lightning rods to protect buildings and people from lightning strikes. But Puritan church leaders rallied against the rods, calling them the devil's instrument, until they realized their churches, with their high steeples, were favorite targets for lightning bolts. Lee de Forest helped invent the vacuum tube, a component instrumental in the development of radio broadcasting. Calling himself "Father of Radio," de Forest rode the entrepreneurial wave of fortune before settling down with a Hollywood starlet. Using an old tea chest, a biscuit box, darning needles, wood scrap, secondhand vacuum tubes, a bicycle lamp lens, and a used motor, John Baird built the first television set in his attic in 1923, which he then demonstrated in London's Selfridge's department store for £25 a week. He presided over the first trans-Atlantic television broadcast in February 1928. In quick order afterwards he got rich building and selling his television sets, but went broke in the late 1930s when a competing system was chosen by the BBC as the basis for their television broadcasts. Augustus H. Garland, neither scientist nor inventor, but rather Attorney General under President Grover Cleveland, used his office to wage an 11-year challenge against the patents of the Bell Telephone Company, all while holding a 10% "gift" stake in a competing telephone company. It is these stories, and others, that make Much Ado About Almost Nothing a rich and informative read. Camenzind bounces like a charged electron through the history of electronic discovery, discussing topics like electricity, magnetism, electromagnetism, X-rays, cathode rays, subatomic particles, transmitters, receivers, amplifiers, vacuum tubes, transistors, integrated circuits, telegraph, telephone, radio, television, microchips, calculators, and computers. Camenzind's historical overview shows how the electron at first bothered those that discovered or knew of its existence and implications. But, as more and more of the electron's secrets were discovered, the power and potential of electricity became desired and useful. Today, electricity dominates our lives, far more so than fuel for our automobiles. Like the invisible electron, its subject, Much Ado About Almost Nothing speaks to a story much deeper and richer than might be first realized. Requiring no prior knowledge of technology, the end result of this book is to provide an understanding of electricity and the technology it has wrought. New Leonardo Reviews October 2007 The Democratic Revolutionary Handbook First Run/Icarus Films, Brooklyn, New York, 2005 Reviewed by Jonathan Zilberg The Exiles of Marcel Duchamp by T. J. Demos Reviewed by Kieran Lyons Eye Contact: Photographing Indigenous Australians by Jane Lydon Reviewed by Brook Andrew Felix Werder: The Tempest by Felix Werder Reviewed by Stefaan Van Ryssen Forever by Heddy Honigmann Reviewed by Rob Harle (Australia) Freedom of Expression: Resistance and Repression in the Age of Intellectual Property by Kembrew McLeod Reviewed by Hugo de Rijke Looking for an Icon by Hans Pool & Maaik Krijgsman, Directors Reviewed by Amy Ione Pop Art Book by Corinne Miller, Nadine Monem and Margaret Nugent, Editors Reviewed by Fred Andersson Residual Media by Charles R. Acland, Editor Reviewed by John F. Barber Tambogrande: Mangos, Murder, Mining by Ernesto Cabellos & Stephanie Boyd Reviewed by José-Carlos Mariátegui Thousand Year Dreaming / floating world by Annea Lockwood Reviewed by Stefaan Van Ryssen T:BA:07 Sponsored by The Portland Institute for Contemporary Art Reviewed by Dene Grigar (Un)common Ground: Creative Encounters between Sectors and Disciplines by Cathy Brickwood, Bronac Ferran, David Garcia, Tim Putnam, Editors Reviewed by José-Carlos Mariátegui September 2007 Art for a House of Mathematics by Anna Campbell Bliss Reviewed by Rob Harle The Big Fish. Consciousness as Structure, Body and Space by Anna Bonshek Reviewed by Rob Harle The Blind Spot by Alec K. Redfearn and the Eyesores Reviewed by Michael R. (Mike) Mosher Camouflage and Art: Design for Deception in World War 2 by Henrietta Goodden Reviewed by Roy R. Behrens Can't Do It In Europe by Charlotta Copcutt, Anna Weitz and Anna Klara Åhrén Reviewed by Kathryn Adams Cartographic Cinema by Tom Conley Reviewed by Jan Baetens Collectivism after Modernism: The Art of Social Imagination after 1945 by Blake Stimson and Gregory Sholette, Editors Reviewed by Jan Baetens Descartes. The Life and Times of a Genius by Anthony C. Grayling Reviewed by Martha Patricia Niño M. For by The Claudia Quintet Reviewed by Michael R. (Mike) Mosher For by The Claudia Quintet Reviewed by Stefaan Van Ryssen Gods in the Bazaar by Kajri Jain Reviewed by Stefaan Van Ryssen Henry Cow: Concerts by Henry Cow Reviewed by Stefaan Van Ryssen The Image in French Philosophy by Temenuga Trifonova Reviewed by Jan Baetens I Am a Strange Loop by Douglas R. Hofstadter Reviewed by Richard Kade Much Ado About Almost Nothing: Man's Encounter with the Electron by Hans Camenzind Reviewed by John F. Barber Museum Frictions: Public Cultures/Global Transformations by Ivan Karp, Corrine Kratz, Lynn Szwaja and Tomas Ybarra- Frausto, Editors Reviewed by Jonathan Zilberg Stots by Lukas Simonis Reviewed by Stefaan Van Ryssen Surviving Death/Alive Why? by Bill Brovold and Larval Reviewed by Stefaan Van Ryssen The Topography of Chance by Stewart Lee, Curator Reviewed by Stefaan Van Ryssen Tribulation 99: Alien Anomalies under America by Craig Baldwin Reviewed by Stefaan Van Ryssen Tube Mouth Bow String by Nick Didkovsky Reviewed by Stefaan Van Ryssen Vali Myers: A Memoir by Gianni Menichetti Reviewed by Allan Graubard To read all new and archived reviews, visit Leonardo Reviews at: . ______________________________________________________ LEONARDO, VOL. 40, No. 5 (September 2007) TABLE OF CONTENTS AND SELECT ABSTRACTS ______________________________________________________ Editorial < The Electroacoustic Music Studies Network > by Marc Battier _______________________ Historical Perspective < Computer Graphic--Aesthetic Experiments between Two Cultures > by Christoph Klütsch ABSTRACT: The author presents a summary of his work on the Stuttgart School and information aesthetics as developed by Max Bense in the 1950s and 1960s. Three artists, Frieder Nake, Georg Nees and Manfred Mohr, adopted the use of information aesthetics in computer graphics. The author investigates the relation between artistic practice and aesthetic theory. _______________________ Artist's Note < The Teleporter Zone: Interactive Media Arts in the Healthcare Context > by Paul Sermon ABSTRACT: The author discusses the recent development and implementation of The Teleporter Zone, a permanent interactive art installation commissioned by Guy's and St Thomas' Charity for the new Evelina Children's Hospital in London. The article places the production and conception of this installation in the context of the author's research in telematic and telepresent art over the past 15 years, alongside current research reports on the effects and influences of the arts on healthcare. The author also draws upon personal experiences in order to provide practical insights into the objectives and outcomes of this work in the healthcare context. _______________________ Artists' Articles < Meaning without Borders: likn and Distributed Knowledge > by Ben Syverson ABSTRACT: This paper serves as a narrative companion to likn, an artware application about the nature of knowledge, ideas and language. According to the advocates and engineers of the "knowledge representation" project known as the Semantic Web, electronic ontologies are "a rationalization of actual data- sharing practice"; but where do artists and intellectuals fit into this data-oriented model of discourse? likn critiques the Semantic Web from a postmodern perspective. This account describes how postmodern theory was scrutinized, interpreted and ultimately expressed as "features" in likn. _______________________ Special Section: Lovely Weather: Art and Climate Change < O-24 Licht: A Project Combining Art and Applied Research > by Andrea van der Straeten and Angelo Stagno < Between Reason and Sensation: Antipodean Artists and Climate Change > by Janine Randerson ABSTRACT: The author, drawing on her experience as a New Zealand artist who has collaborated with meteorologists, suggests that artists may enter climate change discourse by translating (or mis-translating) scientific method into sensory affect. She examines three recent art projects from Australasia that draw on natural phenomena: her own Anemocinegraph (2006-- 2007), Nola Farman's working prototype The Ice Tower (1998) and Out-of-Sync's ongoing on-line project, Talking about the Weather. The author cites Herbert Marcuse's 1972 essay "Nature and Revolution," which argues that sensation is the process that binds us materially and socially to the world. _______________________ Color Plates _______________________ Extended Abstract < The Singing Shamail: A Computer Sound Installation > by Bulat M. Galeyev _______________________ Special Section: In the Light of History: Papers from the 2005 Refresh! Conference < Special Section Introduction > by Sean Cubitt < Peter Donebauer, Richard Monkhouse and the Development of the EMS Spectron and the Videokalos Image Processor > by Chris Meigh- Andrews ABSTRACT: The author details the development of two early color video synthesizers, the EMS Spectron and the Videokalos Image Processor, and examines their influence on video-based art. The Spectron, developed by Richard Monkhouse for Electronic Music Studios, influenced both its creator and various artists in the development of video-based art and images. Artist Peter Donebauer collaborated with Monkhouse to produce the Videokalos, leading to several artworks and a series of live performances. < Re-Writing the History of Media Art: From Personal Cinema to Artistic Collaboration > by Ryszard Klusczcynski ABSTRACT: The author reinterprets the artistic phenomena that composed historical avant-garde art. His method of interpretation is an intertextual strategy that approaches the historical artifacts through recent phenomena. The first case study is of structural film; its most important attributes appear to be artistic strategies questioning the structural/material integrity, durability and permanence of the film work. The second case study is of the avant-garde strategy of collective work, reinterpreted through the open-source work and interactive art of today. The author identifies three steps in the development of the 20th-century concept of joint creative work: avant-garde general strategies of artistic collaboration; avant-garde film works oriented toward creative collectivism; and collaborative artistic practices that manifest themselves in non-hierarchical strategies of contemporary interactive art. _______________________ Theoretical Perspective < Toward Other Epistemologies of Interface Culture: Dependent Origination, Tantra and Relational Being in an Age of Digital Reproduction > by Ajaykumar ABSTRACT: The author formally and thematically reconsiders the Buddhist philosophical concept of dependent origination in the context of technological practice. In this context, he discusses historical attempts in Tantric art to develop an integrated practice and conceive a dynamic "entity" of the body (that of the artist or the spectator), science, technology, art, architecture, philosophy, space-time and nature; and the veracity of such concepts in the context of particular new scientific insights. Furthermore, he reconsiders notions of relational being and nonanthropocentric being, and a polyphonic "I." The article aims to interrogate new ways of evolving current practice and thinking on themes related to the socialization and mediatization of "difference." _______________________ Special Section: ArtScience: The Essential Connection Robert Root-Bernstein: Certain of Heisenberg's Arts < Looking Beneath the Surface: The Radial Spread of Ink in Water > by Pery Burge ABSTRACT: The author discusses her use of ink in water to create three-dimensional radial spreads (outward movements of liquid about a central point). The radial spreads form patterns as the ink moves across and in the water. The patterns have both scientific and aesthetic aspects and form the basis for speculation in both areas. They also provide an exciting new dimension to the artist's work relating to fluid flow: Unique patterns, often seen only by the eye of the camera, can be generated and preserved within one photograph or a photographic sequence. _______________________ General Note < Governing Artistic Innovation: An Interface among Art, Science and Industry > by Jean-Paul Fourmentraux ABSTRACT: The author presents an analysis of the workings and tensions involved in the integration and articulation of academic research, artistic creation and industrial production. He makes use of the results of a study conducted among creator- researchers of a Canadian prototype for the organization of these relationships: the Montreal, Canada-based interuniversity consortium Hexagram. _______________________ From the Leonardo Archive < Introduction > by Michele Emmer < Scalebound or Scaling Shapes: A Useful Distinction in the Visual Arts and in the Natural Sciences > by Benoit B. Mandelbrot (Reprinted from Leonardo Vol. 14, No. 1, 1981) _______________________ Leonardo Reviews Reviews by Kathryn Adams, Jan Baetens, John F. Barber, Geoff Cox, Rob Harle, Amy Ione, Mike Leggett, Michael R. Mosher, Michael Punt, Stefaan Van Ryssen, Jonathan Zilberg _______________________ Transactions Andrew Johnston and Benjamin Marks: Partial Reflections _______________________ Leonardo Network News ______________________________________________________ LEONARDO ABSTRACT SERVICE ______________________________________________________ Leonardo/The International Society for the Arts, Sciences and Technology is pleased to announce the publication of the top- rated abstracts in the Leonardo Abstracts Service Databases during the 1st half of 2007. Leonardo Abstracts Service (LABS), consisting of the English- language, Spanish-language and Chinese-language databases, is a comprehensive collection of Ph.D., Masters and MFA thesis abstracts on topics in the emerging intersection of art, science and technology. Individuals receiving advanced degrees in the arts (visual, sound, performance, text), computer sciences, the sciences and/or technology that in some way investigate philosophical, historical or critical applications of science or technology to the arts are invited to submit abstracts of their theses for consideration. Top-rated abstracts in both the English and Spanish language databases are chosen twice annually by peer-review panels under the guidance of Sheila Pinkel, Pau Alsina and Kenneth Fields and published in the Leonardo Electronic Almanac. The top-rated abstracts in the English-language database for the 1st half of 2007 are Noah Wardrip-Fruin, David Burraston, Sarah Jane Pell, Pamela Jennings, Eric Kabisch and Michael Hohl. Abstracts by these authors are included below. To access abstracts in all of the databases, and for more about the project, visit: http://www.leonardo.info/isast/journal/calls/labsprojectcall.html < Expressive Processing: On Process-Intensive Literature and Digital Media > by Noah Wardrip-Fruin ABSTRACT: Most studies of digital media focus on elements familiar from traditional media. For example, studies of digital literature generally focus on surface text and audience experience. Interaction is considered only from the audience's perspective. This study argues that such approaches fail to interpret the element that defines digital media -- computational processes. An alternative is proposed here, focused on interpreting the internal operations of works. It is hoped that this will become a complement to (rather than replacement for) previous approaches. The examples considered include both processes developed as general practices and those of specific works. A detailed survey of story generation begins with James Meehan's Tale-Spin, interpreted through "possible worlds" theories of fiction (especially as employed by digital media theorists such as Marie-Laure Ryan). Previous interpretations missed important elements of Tale-Spin's fiction that are not visible in its output. Other story generation systems discussed include Minstrel, Universe, Brutus, and Terminal Time. These reveal the inevitably authored nature of simulations of human behavior. Further, the persistently anthropomorphizing approach to computational processes present in traditional artificial intelligence (and many critiques) is contrasted with authorship. Also discussed is Christopher Strachey's love letter generator for the Manchester Mark I -- likely the first work of digital literature, and arguably the first digital art of any kind. As with Tale-Spin, an interpretation of its processes offers more than output-focused approaches. In addition, this study considers works with algorithmic processes carried out by authors and audiences (rather than within the works) created by Raymond Queneau, Tristan Tzara, and Claude Shannon. Prior theoretical concepts are engaged, including Espen Aarseth's "cybertext," Michael Mateas's "expressive AI," and Chris Crawford's "process intensity." A set of concepts and vocabulary are proposed, beginning with the simple distinction between "surface," "data," and "process." Further chapters introduce the terms "implemented processes," "abstract processes," and "works of process." The most unfamiliar new term, "operational logics," names behavioral elements of systems that can be as elemental as gravity or as high-level as a quest structure. The computer game Fable embodies the strengths and weaknesses of using the same logics to drive graphical and linguistic behavior. < Generative Music and Cellular Automata > by David Burraston ABSTRACT: Complex systems such as Cellular Automata (CA) produce global behaviour based on the interactions of simple units (cells). They are fascinating objects, producing more pattern than a single human is capable of observing within their own lifetime. Their evolution is specified by local interaction rules that generate some form of ordered, complex or chaotic behaviour. This wide variety of behaviour represents an important generative tool for the artist. However, chaotic behaviour dominates rule space, which has serious implications for application and investigation. The main contribution of this thesis is a new perspective into a recognised key problem, the structure of rule space. This is achieved through empirical observation of a fundamental connection between state space and rule space. The methodology combines experimental music composition and reflective practice in its approach. The techniques are based on recent perspectives of CA theory, called global dynamics, and music composition practice. The significant problem of identifying rule space structure is approached from an artists perspective to obtain mixtures of behaviour, which differs from the traditional method of grouping together similar dynamics. A detailed account exposes the main process of creating mixed, but related groups of CA rules. The approach taken provides an interesting and alternative method of studying CA rule spaces in general, independent of musical application. Further contributions are made throughout the thesis and provide a significant foundation for the main contribution relating to rule space structure. An extensive review of CA and their application in music presents a balanced view of the field to set the work in context. The methodology proposes criteria for evaluation of this new approach to rule space structure. Important concepts of global dynamics are utilised in composition practice for the first time, enabling the key observations on the state and rule space connection. Fundamental connections between well known rules and music composition technology are introduced to establish links between the fields. This approach to produce generative music is fundamentally different from previous work and several descriptions of CA music mappings are presented in a practice-based context. New generative music compositions, a significant amount of CA data and an electronic copy of the thesis are included on the CD-ROM. The state/rule space connection identified in this thesis has the potential to open new directions, in both science and music. < Aquabatics as new works of Live Art > by Sarah Jane Pell ABSTRACT: This practice-based thesis (comprising of an exegesis, exhibition, performances and their documentation) traces a myriad of cognitive and sub cognitive processes that converge towards a complex practice referred to as 'Aquabatics'. In broad terms, Aquabatics describes the research nexus of occupational diving and contemporary performance. The purpose of this body of research has been to explore underwater performance, behaviour and boarders, in order to both devise new works of live art and to develop new methodologies and approaches to art-making. Aquabatics, as a performance strategy, seeks to critique, contest and explore the liminal natures of human performance, and the role and context of live artists, in contemporary life. The exegesis attempts to underscore the complex process of semiosis and the dissemination of experiential knowledge in, and through, human performance activities, behaviours and biotech fission engagements with, in, and related to, an underwater environment. The theoretical framework is best described as liquid and consequently the rationale for the exegesis is explained as one that traverses a multitude of 'borrowed' pedagogies to contextualise a knowledge system of newly proposed faculties*. Part One discusses the nature and condition of Aquabatics in terms of biological, ecological, technological, metaphysical, political and societal factors. Throughout, these natures are described as an active tool to suggest treatments for looking at, and understanding the acts/actions/activisms themselves and their possible functions to point towards liminality. The more complex issue of the inherent aqueous nature in/of/for performance is proposed as the vital link connecting Aquabatics to existing cultural texts and contexts. The multi-medial texts function to make sense of the aesthetic and utilitarian performance described by examining the intersections of performance praxis, theorem and the functional operations of occupational diving through a series of original live(d) engagements, hypothesis and proposals in Part Two. In undertaking and discussing these works, I propose that I enter into a zone of irreducibility; a permanently spirally vortex of forms, dissolving and evolving into an absent-present state of existence as the performer/ inhabitant/ pilot of this research. By documenting and re-membering this process herein, the notion of 'performance' along with liberty, identity, culture, art and politics also regularly collapses in meaning, status, form and function. Finally, considering Aquabatics, pre and post performance, offers insight into the spatial and temporal factors, beliefs and actions leading to, and arising from, this research. It introduces a new episteme that transgresses traditional transgressions and proposes a liminal juncture of research, and performance behaviours that constitutes an awareness of where, at depth, underwater, the self collapses into its priori opposite. < Interactive Technologies for the Public Sphere: Towards a Theory of Critical Creative Technology > by Pamela Jennings ABSTRACT: Digital media cultural practices continue to address the social, cultural and aesthetic contexts of the global information economy, perhaps better called ecology, by inventing new methods and genres that encourage interactive engagement, collaboration, exploration and learning. The theoretical framework for critical creative technology evolved from the confluence of the arts, human centered computing, and critical theories of technology. Molding this nascent theoretical framework from these seemingly disparate disciplines was a reflexive process where the influence of each component on each other spiraled into the theory and practice as illustrated through the Constructed Narratives project. The traditional reductionist approach to research requires that all confounding variables are eliminated or silenced using methods of statistics. However, that noise in the data, those confounding variables provide the rich context, media, and processes by which creative practices thrive. As research in the arts gains recognition for its contributions of new knowledge, the traditional reductive practice in search of general principles will be respectfully joined by methodologies for defining living principles that celebrate and build from the confounding variables, the data noise. The movement to develop research methodologies from the noisy edges of human interaction have been explored in the research and practices of ludic design and ambiguity (Gaver, 2003); affective gap (Sengers et al., 2005b; 2006); embodied interaction (Dourish, 2001); the felt life (McCarthy & Wright, 2004); and reflective HCI (Dourish, et al., 2004). The theory of critical creative technology examines the relationships between critical theories of technology, society and aesthetics, information technologies and contemporary practices in interaction design and creative digital media. The theory of critical creative technology is aligned with theories and practices in social navigation (Dourish, 1999) and community- based interactive systems (Stathis, 1999) in the development of smart appliances and network systems that support people in engaging in social activities, promoting communication and enhancing the potential for learning in a community-based environment. The theory of critical creative technology amends these community-based and collaborative design theories by emphasizing methods to facilitate face-to-face dialogical interaction when the exchange of ideas, observations, dreams, concerns, and celebrations may be silenced by societal norms about how to engage others in public spaces. The Constructed Narratives project is an experiment in the design of a critical creative technology that emphasizes the collaborative construction of new knowledge about one's lived world through computer-supported collaborative play (CSCP). To construct is to creatively invent one's world by engaging in creative decision- making, problem solving and acts of negotiation. The metaphor of construction is used to demonstrate how a simple artifact - a building block - can provide an interactive platform to support discourse between collaborating participants. The technical goal for this project was the development of a software and hardware platform for the design of critical creative technology applications that can process a dynamic flow of logistical and profile data from multiple users to be used in applications that facilitate dialogue between people in a real-time playful interactive experience. Rorty's persona of the liberal ironist is presented as the spirit by which this text and research has been approached. Shear and Varela's concept of first person methodology as a viable place from which to cultivate scientific research is discussed and followed with the description of a travel experience by the author which instigated the development of the theory of critical creative technology. The critical social cartography that informs the theory and the Constructed Narratives includes the following philosophical premises. Thompson's theory of enactive cognition and empathy set the foundation from which inquiry into the role of empathy, intentionality and intersubjectivity in supporting discourse, initiated from the author's person story, evolves to a theory of research and practice in digital media. Habermas's models of the theories of society, in particular his fourth model for communicative theories founded on intersubjective experiences sets the stage for the development of the theory of universal pragmatics and ideal speech acts. Alternative theories of communication and society that fit the specifications of the fourth model, which Habermas does not address, are discussed including Wittgenstein's "language games," Bakhtin's "speech genres," and Vygotsky's "constructivism. A metaphor for visualizing the polemic theoretical positions on the nature of discourse from Habermas's validity claims to Rorty's liberal ironist stance based on Davidson's concept of "passing theories" is presented. Models and theories of the public sphere are examined. Dewey's concept of the public sphere as the locus of political decisions is followed by Broeckmann's argument for engaging the public domain. Habermas's infamous theory on the bourgeois public sphere is addressed along with comments from several of his critics. Alternatives to the bourgeois public sphere are explored including Mouffe's agonistic democracy and Negt and Kluge's proletarian public sphere. Habermas' reprieve to his critics and an enlightened view to the nature and potentialities of the public sphere as a place to influence policy in a "siege- like manner" leads the text to consider Feenberg's theory of critical technology. Feenberg's analysis of the two main camps of critical theories of technology, instrumental and substantive, is examined. Instrumental theory is illustrated with an analysis of Vannevar Bush's article "As We May Think", Englebart's HLAM/T theory, Weiner's cybernetics, and Weiser's ubiquitous computing framework. The substantive theoretical platform is supported with Heidegger and Habermas's concerns, or lack of concern, on the impact of technology on society. Feenberg's position on the critical theory of technology his elaborations on the bias and neutrality factors of technology leads to discussion about and elaboration on his dialectics of technology. Feenberg's dialectics of technology and its four core components; concretization; vocation; aesthetics; and collegiality, are explored, dissected and augmented with examples from contemporary digital media, interaction design, human computer interaction and pedagogical practices. Among the theories and practices brought forth in support of his theory is the New London Groups theory of multiliteracies, Fuller's critical software, Fogg's persuasive computing, Dourish's embodied interaction, Ascott's behaviorist art; Rokeby's transforming mirror; Fischer's metadesign, and digital divide community empowerment efforts. The discussion leads to the connection of Feenberg's dialectics of technology to the theory of critical creative technologies proposed in this dissertation. From this academic exercise, three main principles in the design of applications in the spirit of critical creative technologies are described. Principle 1: Place as Connected Space is supported by theories that differentiate the terms space and place as one that defines logistics and the other which defines contextual attributes. Research methods, such as Hillier's space syntax, designed to analyze and assign attributes of quality to the quantified data are examined in comparison to Deleuze and Guattari's rhizome as a metaphor for place. Principle 2: Empathetic Intersubjective Experience takes its lead from the discussion on Thompson to further elaborate on situational requirements for an empathetic experience. Principle 3: Discourse and Play seeks to define a notion of "deep play," by examining the important western historical and philosophical platforms in which play was relegated as an important element of society or treated as an unnecessary distraction to rational discourse. The principles lead to the main goals involved in developing applications for critical creative technology in the form of tangible social interfaces (TSI). The Constructed Narratives project was initiated as an experiment in the design of tangible social interfaces for facilitating communication between people in public spaces. < Landscape Denatured: Digitizing the Wild > by Eric Kabisch ABSTRACT: This paper presents motivation and documentation of four technologically enabled artworks. These artworks explore ways in which digital technologies impact society and culture, focusing particularly on the impacts of information technologies on physical and cultural geography. A framework is provided for analyzing these works of art. This framework addresses the impacts of technology as a three-part cyclical process that includes (1) sensing elements of the environment, (2) analyzing and creating narratives from the captured data, and (3) the propagation of these methods and representations back into the world. SignalPlay is an interactive installation that employs wireless sensors to control a spatialized sound environment, allowing participants to explore a distributed collaborative system. Unexceptional.net is a web-based application for visualizing and sonifying network, database and player information of a multi-modal online role-playing game. Sonic Panoramas utilizes image sonification, immersive projection and camera-based machine vision to allow users to create an interactive musical experience from panoramic landscape imagery. Datascape is a periscope-like system for the visualization of geographic information. This system allows users to explore a 3D topography and musical soundtrack that are generated from geospatial information such as marketing demographics. In addressing the impacts of digital technologies on culture, these artworks employ the very technologies being investigated. Through the production and exhibition of this work, I hope to engage the public with these important issues and to help shape the ways that technological methodology embeds itself in our world and in our daily experience. < This is not here: Connectedness, remote experiences and immersive telematic art > by Michael Hohl ABSTRACT: This practice-based enquiry engages in the disciplines of Art and Computer Science. It explores participants experience of live data from remote locations, especially experiences of global consciousness or global awareness. The vehicle for the research is a software application called Radiomap. This photorealistic interactive map is used to listen to a selection of live radio programs from all over the planet. The research was conducted in two iterative studies, one with a screen-based application, the other with an immersive, telematic environment. Methods and Methodologies were informed by Human Computer Interaction, Art History and the Social Sciences. ______________________________________________________ LEONARDO NETWORK NEWS ______________________________________________________ < Meredith Tromble Elected Secretary of Leonardo Governing Board > Meredith Tromble was elected secretary of the Leonardo Governing Board in April of 2007. Her duties as Board secretary include keeping track of the paperwork for Leonardo/ISAST and helping make decisions as part of the Board Executive Committee. Meredith was a member of the Leonardo Advisory Board from 2005 to 2007. In January 2007 she was elected to the Leonardo Governing Board. More about Meredith can be found on the Leonardo Electronic Directory: < Transactions Section Offers Rapid Publication Forum in Leonardo Journal > Transactions is a new section in the print journal Leonardo that publishes fully refereed papers on a fast track to dissemination of key new results, ideas and developments in practice. Papers are solicited under the stated aims and scope of Leonardo, but are restricted to two pages of published material. A rapid refereeing process is employed in which the result is restricted to acceptance or rejection. If a submission is rejected, the submission of a revised version will be treated as a new paper. The announcement of results or developments in a Transactions paper will not exclude that work from subsequent publication as a full Leonardo paper. However, any such submission will be considered by Leonardo, in the normal way, as a new paper. 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For information on current and upcoming events on this series, check the CEIArtE's web site at: < Recent Events and Projects of the Leonardo Scientists Working Group > The Leonardo Scientists Working Group (SWG) was initiated in 2005 by Leonardo Board member Tami Spector to further Leonardo's mission of bridging "the two cultures" of arts and sciences with projects, events and collaborations of mutual interest to both communities. One of the first projects was to compile a database of nearly 100 scientists who have shown a strong commitment to the arts. About 20 of these members from the San Francisco Bay Area were brought together in April 2007 for an event organized by Spector, Christian Simm and Piero Scaruffi and hosted at swissnex in San Francisco. Here they began discussions about current interests and future activities, collaborations and events with the group. At the event it was discovered that there was a particular interest in bringing science/art connections to younger people in schools, universities and other community settings. The SWG is also currently working on a special project, "Nanotechnology, Nanoscale Science and Art" under the direction of Spector and Exploratorium artist-in-residence Tom Rockwell. Leonardo, in collaboration with the Exploratorium under the auspices of the Nanotech Informal Science Education Network (NISE), will publish a special section in periodic installments over the next several years exploring the intersections of nanotech/science and art. Further information about the Leonardo Scientists Working Group can be found on the Leonardo web site: . < Leonardo Organizational Membership Program Flourishes > The Leonardo/ISAST Organizational/Corporate Membership Program, initiated in 2004, is one way that Leonardo seeks to strengthen its engagement with educational institutions and corporations committed to the art, science and technology field. We work with faculty, students and researchers in these organizations on projects of mutual interest including publication projects, internships and special events. Current members of the Leonardo Organizational Membership program include the Center for Digital Arts and Experimental Media at the University of Washington; the Digital + Media Department at Rhode Island School of Design; the Daniel Langlois Foundation; Ontario College of Art & Design; School of the Art Institute of Chicago; the Art & Technology Department at the University of Texas, Dallas; California Institute of the Arts School of Music; UCLA Art|Sci Center; swissnex; UTS Creativity & Cognition Studios; OMF-MINT at University of Paris IV-Sorbonne; and University of Plymouth. Leonardo/ISAST Organizational Membership benefits include participation in the Leonardo Organizational and Corporate Member Advisory Group moderated by Leonardo Executive Editor Roger Malina, full-page ads in Leonardo and Leonardo Music Journal, opportunities to collaborate with Leonardo on special projects and events, plus a number of other benefits. Memberships are by invitation only to educational and corporate organizations involved in the intersection of art, science and technology with projects of mutual interest. If you would like to become an organizational member of Leonardo/ISAST, please contact Roger Malina with your suggestions of areas for collaboration. _____________________________ LEONARDO NETWORK NEWS COORDINATOR: Kathleen Quillian kq [@] leonardo [dot] info ______________________________________________________ BYTES ______________________________________________________ < Digital Humanities Chair Position available at Dartmouth College > Dartmouth College invites applications for a newly endowed chair in the Digital Humanities. The successful candidate should be committed to interdisciplinary collaboration, technological innovation, and creating curricular links within the Humanities and across divisions. The position offers the opportunity to define a new area of research and teaching, and to build on Dartmouth's existing strengths in the Humanities and Computing. The field of research and teaching is open; we seek candidates with practical and/or theoretical expertise in one or several of the following fields in the Arts and Humanities: visual arts, visual culture, new media, screen studies, performance arts, music and sound, film, TV/Video, literature, and human-computer interaction. Expertise in computer hardware and/or software will be welcome but is not essential. The role of the Chair in Digital Humanities is intended to be broad in scope, potentially incorporating current or future initiatives in cyber-culture and the creation, performance, and critical study of digital arts, including a consideration of the socio-political and theoretical implications of new artistic technologies. The endowment for this Chair provides additional funds for projects involving research, teaching, and program building in the Digital Humanities. Our intention is to hire at the rank of associate or full professor with tenure. The successful candidate will be located in a single Dartmouth department or program, or jointly appointed to one or more departments or programs. Considerable flexibility exists regarding joint appointments, which may cross departmental or even divisional boundaries. Dartmouth College combines a commitment to innovative scholarship, creative practice, and excellent teaching, primarily but not only of undergraduate students. One of the most diverse institutions of higher education in New England, Dartmouth College is an equal opportunity/ affirmative action employer and has a strong commitment to diversity. 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Founded in 2004 in the framework of [R][R][F]200x--XP - global networking project, VideoChannel incorporates more than 20 curators , 250 artists from 40countries and about 300 videos - in total, a unique collection of collective memory, which can be accessed in full length online. VideoChannel prepared for NewMediaFest2007 3.1. Solo exhibition: Unnur Andrea Einarsdottir (Iceland) featuring 8 videos by this very talented Icelandic video artist 3.2. Women Directors Cut III 3rd edition of a program series featuring female film directors/videoartists participating in VideoChannel Edition III includes videos by--> Larissa Sansour (Palestine) Isabelle Schneider/ Sherri Lee Richardson(France) Cynthuia Whelan (UK) Cecilia Lundquist (Sweden) Antonia Valero (Spain) Caterina Davinio (Italy) 3.3. "Art cartoons and animated narratives" --> this component is extending the festival program of CologneOFF III through another selection of animated movies Andreja Andric (Serbia/Italy), Mauro Arrighi (Italy), Justin Barnes (Australia), David Burns (USA), Janet Curley Cannon (USA), Pablo Castillo, (Chile), Robin Clare (UK) Anisa Franco (Brazil), Ana Gutierrez (USA, Gerald Habarth (USA), David Hutchison (UK) Man Kim (South Korea USA), Aleksandar Kostjuk (Croatia), Dinko Kumanovic (Croatia) LEMEH42 - Michele Santini & Lorenza Paolini (Italy), Paul Mangan (Australia) Henrique Roscoe (Brazil), Ying-Fang Shen (Taiwan), Simon Streatfeild (Australia) Andy Sykes (UK), Alexander Satim Timofeev (Russia) Hermes Mangialardo (Italy), Jody Zellen (USA), Wilfried Agricola de Cologne (Germany), Lycette Bros .(Australia), Kaspars Groshevs (Latvia) 3.4. VIP - VideoChannel Interview Project - http://vip.newmediafest.org NewMediaFest2007 is the occasion to launch officially the new site of this interview project by VideoChannel. Wilfried Agricola de Cologne invites video artists and film directors incorporated in VideoChannel for an interview and answering 10 question which are spotlighting their professional and creative background. Currently more than 80 interviews are posted online. --------------------------------------------- VideoChannel - video art features in the framework of NewMediaFest2007 can be accessed via the festival interface on http://2007.newmediafest.org , but also separately via http://videochannel.newmediafest.org/2007/ and from VideoChannel interface on http://videochannel.newmediafest.org --------------------------------------------- NewMediaFest2007 is realized on 2 levels - 1. online in its totality -->http://2007.newmediafest.org --->http://www.newmediafest.org/blog/ 2. in physical space via cooperations--> the 1st physical NewMediaFest2007 are launched in the framework of 3rd Digital Art Festival Rosario/Argentina - 15-17 November 2007 more info on http://www.newmediafest.org/blog/ --> It is further linked with FONLAD Digital Art Festival Coimbra/Portugal http://www.aaa-euac.org/fonlad.html Following PDF catalogues are available for free download The general festival catalogue http://downloads.nmartproject.net/NewMediaFest_2007.pdf CologneOFF III - Toon! Toon! - art cartoon and animated narratives http://downloads.nmartproject.net/CologneOFF_3rd_edition_2007.pdf --------------------------------------------- This press release is issued by netEX - networked experience http://netex.nmartproject.net powered by [NewMediaArtProjectNetwork]:||cologne info (at) nmartproject.net -------------------------------------------- From amitabh at sarai.net Sun Nov 11 00:02:46 2007 From: amitabh at sarai.net (Amitabh Kumar) Date: Sat, 10 Nov 2007 18:32:46 -0000 Subject: [Announcements] Attn: The Second Comic Book Reading Message-ID: <39793226-67D8-44C8-B53D-739BE0791DFC@sarai.net> Sarai-CSDS and the French Information Resource Center (FIRC) have collaborated to produce a series of events to popularize and promote a wider dissemination of comic books, graphic novels and graphic literature The first such event made its debut with Orijit Sen talking about his work and practice in FIRC on the 26th of October 2007. Continuing this effort to popularise comics practice in India, we are happy to announce the second Comic Book Reading with Shuddhabrata Sengupta. Date: 14th November 2007 Time:5:00 p.m Venue: Sarai- CSDS, 29,Rajpur Road, Civil Lines Delhi-110054 Shuddabrata Sengupta will be talking about 'THE INVISIBLES' comic book series. What is THE INVISIBLES ? Considered by many as the blueprint on which various super hero saga's (like the Matrix) have been based, the plot follows a single cell of The Invisible College, a secret organization battling against physical and psychic oppression using time travel , magic , meditation , and physical violence. For most of the series, the team includes leader King Mob; Lord Fanny, a Brazilian transgendered shaman; Boy, a former member of the NYPD; Ragged Robin, a telepath with a mysterious past; and Jack Frost, a young hooligan from Liverpool who may be the next Buddha. Their enemies are the Archons of Outer Church, interdimensional alien gods who have already enslaved most of the human race without its knowledge. Every conspiracy theory you've ever heard, every urban legend that stretches our perception of reality is true. Those in authority really are working from ancient, Freemason-approved schematics designs to alter the world and corral individuality. The anarchists are in the right, and there really are subliminal advertisements in the commercials for cereal and Must-See TV meant to keep the great unwashed subservient and stupid. As a comic, you can't get much better a premise to use the conventions of the medium. The cosmos, machinery, violence, dimensional hopscotch and dramatic poses . It's a counterculture battle. And those who would demand more from such a story need only follow a reference to McKenna, the I Ching, voodoo, sigils and cyberpunk. And those who would demand even more can follow the philosophical implications of human evolution helped along by a game including transvestites, blue mold and Molotov cocktails. Shuddabrata Sengupta is a co-initiator of the Sarai Programme at the Centre for the Study of Developing Societies and a media practitioner, artist and writer with the Raqs Media Collective. Sengupta lives and works in Delhi, India. Raqs Media Collective works in contemporary art, media practices, and curation. Sengupta works at the Sarai Media Lab and is member of the editorial collective of the Sarai Reader Series. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://mail.sarai.net/pipermail/announcements/attachments/20071110/1448a261/attachment.html From cahen.x at levels9.com Tue Nov 13 03:09:19 2007 From: cahen.x at levels9.com (xavier cahen) Date: Mon, 12 Nov 2007 21:39:19 -0000 Subject: [Announcements] pourinfos Newsletter / 11-11 to 02-12-2007 Message-ID: <4738C7FA.3030003@levels9.com> pourinfos.org l'actualité du monde de l'art / daily Art news ----------------------------------------------------------------------- >From Sunday, November 11, 2007 on Sunday, December 2, 2007 (included) ------------------------------------------------------------------- (mostly in french) Español abajo @ 001 (12/11/2007) Today is Auckland Time #1! http://pourinfos.org/art-35162-tit-Today-is-Auckland-Time -------------------------------------------------------------------- @ 002 (12/11/2007) Publication: "Historians" (les Historiens), Peter Greenaway, éditions disvoir, Paris, France. http://pourinfos.org/art-35189-tit--les-Historiens-Grandeur-Decadence -------------------------------------------------------------------- @ 003 (12/11/2007) Publication: Marges 06, review of visual art and aesthetics, University of Paris 8, Saint Denis, France. http://pourinfos.org/art-35190-tit--Marges-06-revue-des-arts-plastiques-et -------------------------------------------------------------------- @ 004 (12/11/2007) Residency: Center for Contemporary Art Pontmain, Pontmain, France. http://pourinfos.org/art-35164-tit-Residence-Centre-d-Art-Contemporain-de -------------------------------------------------------------------- @ 005 (12/11/2007) Program: Program colloque of beaux-arts of Paris-November 2007, Paris, France. http://pourinfos.org/art-35176-tit--de-la-salle-de-Conferences-des -------------------------------------------------------------------- @ 006 (12/11/2007) Various: bilan de Docks Art Fair 07, Lyon, France. http://pourinfos.org/art-35183-tit-Divers-bilan-de-Docks-Art-Fair-07-Lyon- -------------------------------------------------------------------- @ 007 (12/11/2007) Various: Petition, the uncertainties of cipM, Marseille, France. http://pourinfos.org/art-35184-tit-Divers-Petition-les-incertitudes-du-cipM- -------------------------------------------------------------------- @ 008 (12/11/2007) Various: Bilan ShowOff 2007, Paris, France. http://pourinfos.org/art-35185-tit-Divers-Bilan-ShowOff-2007-Paris- -------------------------------------------------------------------- @ 009 (12/11/2007) Various: letter of support for the Center for Contemporary Images, Saint-Gervais, Geneva, Switzerland. http://pourinfos.org/art-35187-tit-Divers-lettre-de-soutien-pour-le-Centre-de -------------------------------------------------------------------- @ 010 (12/11/2007) Various: Presentation multimedia DVD Araucania, Association IconScope, Alcide d'Orbigny, Chili. http://pourinfos.org/art-35188-tit-Divers-Presentation-du-projet-Dvd -------------------------------------------------------------------- @ 011 (12/11/2007) Publication: Poems Experimental Zone-digital (Poésies expérimentales – Zone numérique) (1953–2007), Jacques Donguy, Les presses du réel, Dijon, France. http://pourinfos.org/art-35192-tit--Poesies-experimentales-Zone-numerique -------------------------------------------------------------------- @ 012 (12/11/2007) Publication: « Le carnet-DVD des Salons de L'IFA » Dominique Jakob et Brendan Macfarlane, Co-edition Cite de l'architecture et du patrimoine and a.p.r.e.s edtions, Paris, France. http://pourinfos.org/art-35193-tit--Le-carnet-DVD-des-Salons-de-L-IFA- -------------------------------------------------------------------- @ 013 (12/11/2007) Publications: New editions in the collection, le Creux de l'enfer – centre d'art contemporain, Thiers, France. http://pourinfos.org/art-35195-tit-s-Nouvelles-editions-dans-la-collection- -------------------------------------------------------------------- @ 014 (12/11/2007) Publication: Shapes of commitment and public space, communication issues (Formes de l’engagement et espace public, questions de communication), Work directed by Vincent Meyer and Jacques Walter, Presses Universitaires de Nancy, France. http://pourinfos.org/art-35196-tit--Formes-de-l-engagement-et-espace-public- -------------------------------------------------------------------- @ 015 (12/11/2007) Publication: Professionnal artists guide, Les Solutions Creatives, Paris, France. http://pourinfos.org/art-35197-tit--Guide-Professionnel-des-Artistes-Les -------------------------------------------------------------------- @ 016 (12/11/2007) Publication: N# 50 revue Papiers Libres, galerie esca, Nimes, France. http://pourinfos.org/art-35198-tit--N-50-de-la-revue-Papiers-Libres-galerie -------------------------------------------------------------------- @ 017 (12/11/2007) Publication: Sociology of the arts, sociology of science, Volumes I & II (Sociologie des arts, sociologie des sciences), Tomes I & II, Coordinated by Florent Gaudez, Collection « Logiques sociales », Edition L'harmmattan, Paris, France. http://pourinfos.org/art-35199-tit--Sociologie-des-arts-sociologie-des -------------------------------------------------------------------- @ 018 (12/11/2007) Publication : FACEHUG #1, Karl Holmqvist, Berlin, Germany. http://pourinfos.org/art-35201-tit--FACEHUG-1-Karl-Holmqvist-Berlin- -------------------------------------------------------------------- @ 019 (12/11/2007) Publications: october 2007, Editions l'harmattan, Paris, France. http://pourinfos.org/art-35203-tit-s-octobre-2007-editions-l-harmattan- -------------------------------------------------------------------- @ 020 (12/11/2007) Job: Call for Directors - Green Arts Barns Community Association, artscape, Toronto, Canada. http://pourinfos.org/art-35205-tit--Call-for-Directors-Green-Arts-Barns -------------------------------------------------------------------- @ 021 (12/11/2007) Job: intern for eventually a job, Chateau de Sacy, Sacy-le Petit, France. http://pourinfos.org/art-35208-tit--stagiaire-pour-un-emploi-eventuel- -------------------------------------------------------------------- @ 022 (12/11/2007) Call: Video appart, Paris,France. http://pourinfos.org/art-35211-tit--Video-appart- -------------------------------------------------------------------- @ 023 (12/11/2007) Residency: artists residencies at chantier public, Lyon, France. http://pourinfos.org/art-35212-tit-Residence-residence-d-artistes-a-chantier -------------------------------------------------------------------- @ 024 (12/11/2007) Call: Futuresonic 2008, Urban Festival of Art, Music & Ideas, Manchester, United Kingdom. http://pourinfos.org/art-35213-tit--Futuresonic-2008-Urban-Festival-of-Art- -------------------------------------------------------------------- @ 025 (12/11/2007) Call: competition clips for Pascal Comelade, Eyeka, Paris, France. http://pourinfos.org/art-35214-tit--concours-de-clips-pour-Pascal-Comelade- -------------------------------------------------------------------- @ 026 (12/11/2007) Call: Training programme, EURODOC 2008!, Montpellier, France. http://pourinfos.org/art-35215-tit--Training-programme-EURODOC-2008- -------------------------------------------------------------------- @ 027 (12/11/2007) Call: Finding new texts for the collection ecrit sur l'art from editions Marguerite Waknine, Angouleme, France. http://pourinfos.org/art-35217-tit--Recherche-de-textes-inedits-s-inscrivant -------------------------------------------------------------------- @ 028 (12/11/2007) Call: young creation video cinema – 4th edition, Pepinieres europeennes pour jeunes artistes, Marly le Roi, France. http://pourinfos.org/art-35218-tit-s-jeune-creation-video-cinema-4eme -------------------------------------------------------------------- @ 029 (12/11/2007) Call: Copy– past, Empreintes Numeriques, Toulouse, France. http://pourinfos.org/art-35219-tit--Copie-Colle-Empreintes-Numeriques- -------------------------------------------------------------------- @ 030 (12/11/2007) Residency: sound arts and visual arts association Appelboom, pommerie la pommerie, Saint-Setiers, France. http://pourinfos.org/art-35220-tit--Art-sonore-et-arts-visuels-association -------------------------------------------------------------------- @ 031 (12/11/2007) Call: FESTIVAL PROJ(ECT), festival of new images in Nancy, France. http://pourinfos.org/art-35221-tit--FESTIVAL-PROJ-ECT-festival-des -------------------------------------------------------------------- @ 032 (12/11/2007) Call: Etangs d'art, artists association of Pays de Broceliande, Breal sous Montfort, France. http://pourinfos.org/art-35222-tit--Etangs-d-art-Collectif-d-artistes-du -------------------------------------------------------------------- @ 033 (12/11/2007) Residency: artist studio of Sacy, Sacy-le-Petit, France. http://pourinfos.org/art-35223-tit--Ateliers-d-artistes-de-Sacy- -------------------------------------------------------------------- @ 034 (12/11/2007) Call: ARTISTY Space is looking for artists, Denain, France. http://pourinfos.org/art-35224-tit--L-espace-ARTISTY-est-a-la-recherche-de -------------------------------------------------------------------- @ 035 (12/11/2007) Call: Salon of Bry, Artists Association of Bryards, Bry-sur-Marne, France http://pourinfos.org/art-35225-tit--Slaon-de-Bry-Association-des-Artistes -------------------------------------------------------------------- @ 036 (12/11/2007) Call: Les chlorophylles, Ramonville saint agne, France. http://pourinfos.org/art-35226-tit--Les-chlorophylles-Ramonville-saint-agne- -------------------------------------------------------------------- @ 037 (12/11/2007) Call: HORIZONS - Meetings "ARTS NATURE" 2008, Massif of Sancy, Le Mont-Dore, France. http://pourinfos.org/art-35227-tit--HORIZONS-RENCONTRES-ARTS-NATURE-2008- -------------------------------------------------------------------- @ 038 (12/11/2007) Call: Selfportrait, Bourse de Travail Parallele, Paris, France. http://pourinfos.org/art-35228-tit--autoportraits-au-travail-Bourse-de -------------------------------------------------------------------- @ 039 (12/11/2007) Call: Competition of International Poetry, Biennale Internationale des Poetes, Ivry-sur-Seine, France. http://pourinfos.org/art-35229-tit--Concours-International-de-Poesie- -------------------------------------------------------------------- @ 040 (12/11/2007) Call: Foundation Bullukian, Lyon, France. http://pourinfos.org/art-35231-tit--fondation-Bullukian-Lyon- -------------------------------------------------------------------- @ 041 (13/11/2007) Job: webdesigner, association Panoplie, Montpellier, France. http://pourinfos.org/art-35206-tit--webdesigner-association-Panoplie- -------------------------------------------------------------------- @ 042 (13/11/2007) Call: EngineerAid Call for Artworks, Edinburgh, United Kingdom. http://pourinfos.org/art-35230-tit-Appel-a-Participation-EngineerAid-Call-for -------------------------------------------------------------------- @ 043 (14/11/2007) Call: The design network: a way to draw renewed!, Agence TOPO, Chambre Blanche Montreal, Quebec, Canada. http://pourinfos.org/art-35210-tit--Le-dessin-en-reseau-une-facon -------------------------------------------------------------------- @ 044 (15/11/2007) Meetings: "The death and the body in the arts today", 15-17 November 2007, Aix en Provence, France. http://pourinfos.org/art-35129-tit--La-mort-et-le-corps-dans-les-arts -------------------------------------------------------------------- @ 045 (15/11/2007) Formation: max/msp, groupedunes, Friche la belle de mai, Marseille, France http://pourinfos.org/art-35209-tit-Formation-max-msp-groupedunes-friche-la -------------------------------------------------------------------- @ 046 (16/11/2007) Publication: LIFE EXTREME, Eduardo Kac & Avital Ronell, editions Dis Voir, Paris, France. http://pourinfos.org/art-35200-tit--LIFE-EXTREME-GUIDE-ILLUSTRE-DE-NOUVELLES -------------------------------------------------------------------- @ 047 (17/11/2007) Meetings: RIAM 04 Sonic, like the sound amplification artistic strategy, David Sanson, Bastien Gallet, samedi 17 novembre 2007, Circuit Court, Marseille, France. http://pourinfos.org/art-35175-tit--RIAM-04-Sonic-table-ronde- -------------------------------------------------------------------- @ 048 (18/11/2007) Publication: "Women Artists / artists women . Paris, from 1880 to the present" (femmes artistes/artistes femmes. Paris, de 1880 à nos jours) aux éditions Hazan, Paris, France. http://pourinfos.org/art-35204-tit--femmes-artistes-artistes-femmes-Paris- -------------------------------------------------------------------- @ 049 (19/11/2007) Meetings: Outlab 2007, Monday, November 19, 2007, la Bellevilloise, Paris, France. http://pourinfos.org/art-35170-tit--Outlab-2007-Lundi-19-Novembre-2007-la -------------------------------------------------------------------- @ 050 (20/11/2007) Residency : artists studio of Asterides, Friche Belle de Mai, Marseille, France. http://pourinfos.org/art-35165-tit-Residence-Les-ateliers-d-Asterides-Friche -------------------------------------------------------------------- @ 051 (20/11/2007) Meetings: Policies a photograph of the body (Politiques de la photographie du corps), Tuesday, Nov. 20 at 19h, Library Château d’Eau, Paris, France. http://pourinfos.org/art-35172-tit--Politiques-de-la-photographie-du-corps- -------------------------------------------------------------------- @ 052 (20/11/2007) various: crealab opens its doors! Nantes, France. http://pourinfos.org/art-35182-tit-Divers-crealab-ouvre-ses-portes-Nantes- -------------------------------------------------------------------- @ 053 (22/11/2007) Meetings: Stop and Go, Xavier Franceschi, Gilles Baume, on 22 and 27 November 2007, Galerie de Paris 8, University of Paris 8, Saint Denis, France. http://pourinfos.org/art-35180-tit--Stop-and-Go-Xavier-Franceschi-Gilles -------------------------------------------------------------------- @ 054 (22/11/2007) Meetings: conference The role of the arts and culture in strategies for public diplomacy « Le rôle des arts et de la culture dans les stratégies de diplomatie publique », Nov. 22, 2007, UQAM, Montreal, Canada. http://pourinfos.org/art-35181-tit--colloque-Le-role-des-arts-et-de-la -------------------------------------------------------------------- @ 055 (23/11/2007) Meetings: days of experimentation Experimenta 07, 23 and 24 November 2007, École d'art de la Communauté de l'agglomération d'Annecy, Annecy, France. http://pourinfos.org/art-35186-tit--journees-de-l-experimentation-Experimenta -------------------------------------------------------------------- @ 056 (24/11/2007) Meetings: Open studios, Montpellier, France. http://pourinfos.org/art-35171-tit-Open-studios-Montpellier- -------------------------------------------------------------------- @ 057 (25/11/2007) Residency: artists studio at Lindre-Basse, centre d'art contemporain la Synagogue de Delme, Lindre-Basse, France. http://pourinfos.org/art-35167-tit-Residence-d-artiste-a-Lindre-Basse-centre -------------------------------------------------------------------- @ 058 (26/11/2007) Residency: A.I.R. International Artists Residencies/FilmFest, Balatonfured, Hungary. http://pourinfos.org/art-35168-tit-Residence-A-I-R-International-Artists -------------------------------------------------------------------- @ 059 (27/11/2007) Sceening: « years 68 », Month of the documentary film at the BnF, Bibliothèque nationale de France, Paris, France. http://pourinfos.org/art-35173-tit--annees-68-Mois-du-film-documentaire -------------------------------------------------------------------- @ 060 (27/11/2007) Meeting: Contemporary art, for whom? (L'art contemporain, pour qui ?) Tuesday, November 27, 2007, l'abbaye de Maubuisson, Saint-Ouen-l'Aumône, France http://pourinfos.org/art-35179-tit--L-art-contemporain-pour-qui-mardi-27 -------------------------------------------------------------------- @ 061 (29/11/2007) Meeting: art should be event ? (L’art doit-il faire événement ?), Cipac 2007, the 5th Congress Cipac, Thursday 29 and Friday, November 30 in Lyon, France. http://pourinfos.org/art-35216-tit--L-art-doit-il-faire-evenement-Cipac -------------------------------------------------------------------- @ 062 (30/11/2007) Call: dossier artistique, Galerie SAW Gallery, Ontario, Canada. http://pourinfos.org/art-35166-tit--dossier-artistique-Galerie-SAW-Gallery- ///// Español ////// pourinfos.org Noticias del mundo del arte/ daily Art news ------------------------------------------------------------------- Del domingo 11de noviembre 2007 al domingo 02 de diciembre 2007 (incluso) @ 001 (12/11/2007) Today is Auckland Time #1! http://pourinfos.org/art-35162-tit-Today-is-Auckland-Time -------------------------------------------------------------------- @ 002 (12/11/2007) Publicacion : « les Historiens » Grandeur & Décadence du Théâtre de Gestes, Peter Greenaway, éditions disvoir, Paris, Francia. http://pourinfos.org/art-35189-tit--les-Historiens-Grandeur-Decadence -------------------------------------------------------------------- @ 003 (12/11/2007) Publicacion : Marges 06, revue des arts plastiques et d'esthétique, Paris 8, Saint Denis, Francia. http://pourinfos.org/art-35190-tit--Marges-06-revue-des-arts-plastiques-et -------------------------------------------------------------------- @ 004 (12/11/2007) Résidencia : Centre d’Art Contemporain de Pontmain, Pontmain, Francia. http://pourinfos.org/art-35164-tit-Residence-Centre-d-Art-Contemporain-de -------------------------------------------------------------------- @ 005 (12/11/2007) Programa : Programa de la salle de Conférences des beaux-arts Paris - Noviembre 2007, Paris, Francia. http://pourinfos.org/art-35176-tit--de-la-salle-de-Conferences-des -------------------------------------------------------------------- @ 006 (12/11/2007) Varios : bilan de Docks Art Fair 07, Lyon, Francia. http://pourinfos.org/art-35183-tit-Divers-bilan-de-Docks-Art-Fair-07-Lyon- -------------------------------------------------------------------- @ 007 (12/11/2007) Varios : Pétition, les incertitudes du cipM, Marseille, Francia. http://pourinfos.org/art-35184-tit-Divers-Petition-les-incertitudes-du-cipM- -------------------------------------------------------------------- @ 008 (12/11/2007) Varios : Bilan ShowOff 2007, Paris, Francia. http://pourinfos.org/art-35185-tit-Divers-Bilan-ShowOff-2007-Paris- -------------------------------------------------------------------- @ 009 (12/11/2007) Varios : lettre de soutien pour le Centre de l'Image Contemporaine, Saint-Gervais, Genève, Suiza. http://pourinfos.org/art-35187-tit-Divers-lettre-de-soutien-pour-le-Centre-de -------------------------------------------------------------------- @ 010 (12/11/2007) Varios : Presentation du projet Dvd multimédia Araucania, Association IconScope, Alcide d'Orbigny, Chile. http://pourinfos.org/art-35188-tit-Divers-Presentation-du-projet-Dvd -------------------------------------------------------------------- @ 011 (12/11/2007) Publicacion : Poésies expérimentales – Zone numérique (1953–2007), Jacques Donguy, Les presses du réel, Dijon, Francia. http://pourinfos.org/art-35192-tit--Poesies-experimentales-Zone-numerique -------------------------------------------------------------------- @ 012 (12/11/2007) Publicacion : « Le carnet-DVD des Salons de L'IFA » Dominique Jakob et Brendan Macfarlane, Co-édition Cité de l'architecture et du patrimoine et a.p.r.e.s édtions, Paris, Francia. http://pourinfos.org/art-35193-tit--Le-carnet-DVD-des-Salons-de-L-IFA- -------------------------------------------------------------------- @ 013 (12/11/2007) Publications : Nouvelles éditions dans la collection, le Creux de l'enfer – centre d'art contemporain, Thiers, France. http://pourinfos.org/art-35195-tit-s-Nouvelles-editions-dans-la-collection- -------------------------------------------------------------------- @ 014 (12/11/2007) Publicacion : Formes de l’engagement et espace public, questions de communication, Ouvrage dirigé Vincent Meyer et Jacques Walter, Presses Universitaires de Nancy, Francia. http://pourinfos.org/art-35196-tit--Formes-de-l-engagement-et-espace-public- -------------------------------------------------------------------- @ 015 (12/11/2007) Publicacion : Guide Professionnel des Artistes, Les Solutions Créatives, Paris, Francia. http://pourinfos.org/art-35197-tit--Guide-Professionnel-des-Artistes-Les -------------------------------------------------------------------- @ 016 (12/11/2007) Publicacion : N° 50 de la revue Papiers Libres, galerie esca, Nimes, Francia. http://pourinfos.org/art-35198-tit--N-50-de-la-revue-Papiers-Libres-galerie -------------------------------------------------------------------- @ 017 (12/11/2007) Publicacion : Sociologie des arts, sociologie des sciences, Tomes I & II, Coordonné par Florent Gaudez, Collection « Logiques sociales », Édition L'harmmattan, Paris, Francia. http://pourinfos.org/art-35199-tit--Sociologie-des-arts-sociologie-des -------------------------------------------------------------------- @ 018 (12/11/2007) Publicacion : FACEHUG #1, Karl Holmqvist, Berlin, Alemania. http://pourinfos.org/art-35201-tit--FACEHUG-1-Karl-Holmqvist-Berlin- -------------------------------------------------------------------- @ 019 (12/11/2007) Publicacion : octobre 2007, éditions l'harmattan, Paris, Francia. http://pourinfos.org/art-35203-tit-s-octobre-2007-editions-l-harmattan- -------------------------------------------------------------------- @ 020 (12/11/2007) Empleo : Call for Directors - Green Arts Barns Community Association, artscape, Toronto, Canada. http://pourinfos.org/art-35205-tit--Call-for-Directors-Green-Arts-Barns -------------------------------------------------------------------- @ 021 (12/11/2007) Empleo : stagiaire pour un emploi eventuel, Château de Sacy, Sacy-le Petit, Francia. http://pourinfos.org/art-35208-tit--stagiaire-pour-un-emploi-eventuel- -------------------------------------------------------------------- @ 022 (12/11/2007) Llamada a participacion : Video appart, Paris,Francia. http://pourinfos.org/art-35211-tit--Video-appart- -------------------------------------------------------------------- @ 023 (12/11/2007) Residencia : résidence d’artistes à chantier public, Lyon, Francia. http://pourinfos.org/art-35212-tit-Residence-residence-d-artistes-a-chantier -------------------------------------------------------------------- @ 024 (12/11/2007) Llamada a candidatura : Futuresonic 2008, Urban Festival of Art, Music & Ideas, Manchester, Reino Unido. http://pourinfos.org/art-35213-tit--Futuresonic-2008-Urban-Festival-of-Art- -------------------------------------------------------------------- @ 025 (12/11/2007) Llamada a candidatura: concours de clips pour Pascal Comelade, Eyeka, Paris, Francia. http://pourinfos.org/art-35214-tit--concours-de-clips-pour-Pascal-Comelade- -------------------------------------------------------------------- @ 026 (12/11/2007) Llamada a candidatura: Training programme, EURODOC 2008!, Montpellier, Francia. http://pourinfos.org/art-35215-tit--Training-programme-EURODOC-2008- -------------------------------------------------------------------- @ 027 (12/11/2007) Llamada a participacion : Recherche de textes inédits s'inscrivant dans la collection écrit sur l'art des éditions Marguerite Waknine, Angoulême, Francia. http://pourinfos.org/art-35217-tit--Recherche-de-textes-inedits-s-inscrivant -------------------------------------------------------------------- @ 028 (12/11/2007) Llamada a candidatura: jeune création vidéo cinéma – 4ème édition, Pépinières européennes pour jeunes artistes, Marly le Roi, Francia. http://pourinfos.org/art-35218-tit-s-jeune-creation-video-cinema-4eme -------------------------------------------------------------------- @ 029 (12/11/2007) Llamada a participacion : Copié – Collé, Empreintes Numériques, Toulouse, Francia. http://pourinfos.org/art-35219-tit--Copie-Colle-Empreintes-Numeriques- -------------------------------------------------------------------- @ 030 (12/11/2007) Residencia : Art sonore et arts visuels, association Appelboom, la pommerie, Saint-Setiers, Francia. http://pourinfos.org/art-35220-tit--Art-sonore-et-arts-visuels-association -------------------------------------------------------------------- @ 031 (12/11/2007) Llamada a participacion : FESTIVAL PROJ(ECT), festival des nouvelles images à Nancy, Francia. http://pourinfos.org/art-35221-tit--FESTIVAL-PROJ-ECT-festival-des -------------------------------------------------------------------- @ 032 (12/11/2007) Llamada a candidatura: Étangs d'art, Collectif d'artistes du Pays de Brocéliande, Breal sous Montfort, Francia. http://pourinfos.org/art-35222-tit--Etangs-d-art-Collectif-d-artistes-du -------------------------------------------------------------------- @ 033 (12/11/2007) Residencia : Ateliers d'artistes de Sacy, Sacy-le-Petit, Francia. http://pourinfos.org/art-35223-tit--Ateliers-d-artistes-de-Sacy- -------------------------------------------------------------------- @ 034 (12/11/2007) Llamada a candidatura: L’espace ARTISTY est à la recherche de créateurs, Denain, Francia. http://pourinfos.org/art-35224-tit--L-espace-ARTISTY-est-a-la-recherche-de -------------------------------------------------------------------- @ 035 (12/11/2007) Llamada a candidatura: Slaon de Bry, Association des Artistes Bryards, Bry-sur-Marne, Francia http://pourinfos.org/art-35225-tit--Slaon-de-Bry-Association-des-Artistes -------------------------------------------------------------------- @ 036 (12/11/2007) Llamada a candidatura: Les chlorophylles, Ramonville saint agne, Francia. http://pourinfos.org/art-35226-tit--Les-chlorophylles-Ramonville-saint-agne- -------------------------------------------------------------------- @ 037 (12/11/2007) Llamada a candidatura: HORIZONS - RENCONTRES "ARTS NATURE" 2008, Massif du Sancy, Le Mont-Dore, Francia. http://pourinfos.org/art-35227-tit--HORIZONS-RENCONTRES-ARTS-NATURE-2008- -------------------------------------------------------------------- @ 038 (12/11/2007) Llamada a participacion : autoportraits au travail, Bourse de Travail Parallèle, Paris, Francia. http://pourinfos.org/art-35228-tit--autoportraits-au-travail-Bourse-de -------------------------------------------------------------------- @ 039 (12/11/2007) Llamada a candidatura: Concours International de Poésie, Biennale Internationale des Poètes, Ivry-sur-Seine, Francia. http://pourinfos.org/art-35229-tit--Concours-International-de-Poesie- -------------------------------------------------------------------- @ 040 (12/11/2007) Llamada a candidatura: fondation Bullukian, Lyon, Francia. http://pourinfos.org/art-35231-tit--fondation-Bullukian-Lyon- -------------------------------------------------------------------- @ 041 (13/11/2007) Empleo : webdesigner, association Panoplie, Montpellier, Francia. http://pourinfos.org/art-35206-tit--webdesigner-association-Panoplie- -------------------------------------------------------------------- @ 042 (13/11/2007) Llamada a participacion : EngineerAid Call for Artworks, Edinburgh, Reino Unido. http://pourinfos.org/art-35230-tit-Appel-a-Participation-EngineerAid-Call-for -------------------------------------------------------------------- @ 043 (14/11/2007) Llamada a candidatura: Le dessin en réseau : une façon renouvelée de dessiner!, Agence TOPO,Chambre Blanche Montréal, Québec, Canada. http://pourinfos.org/art-35210-tit--Le-dessin-en-reseau-une-facon -------------------------------------------------------------------- @ 044 (15/11/2007) Encuentros : "La mort et le corps dans les arts aujourd'hui", 15-17 novembre 2007, Aix en Provence, Francia. http://pourinfos.org/art-35129-tit--La-mort-et-le-corps-dans-les-arts -------------------------------------------------------------------- @ 045 (15/11/2007) Formacion : max/msp, groupedunes, friche la belle de mai, Marseille, Francia http://pourinfos.org/art-35209-tit-Formation-max-msp-groupedunes-friche-la -------------------------------------------------------------------- @ 046 (16/11/2007) Publicacion : LIFE EXTREME, GUIDE ILLUSTRÉ DE NOUVELLES FORMES DE VIE, Eduardo Kac & Avital Ronell,éditions Dis Voir, Paris, Francia. http://pourinfos.org/art-35200-tit--LIFE-EXTREME-GUIDE-ILLUSTRE-DE-NOUVELLES -------------------------------------------------------------------- @ 047 (17/11/2007) Encuentros : RIAM 04 Sonic, table ronde, L’amplification sonore comme stratégie artistique, David Sanson, Bastien Gallet, samedi 17 novembre 2007, Circuit Court, Marseille, Francia. http://pourinfos.org/art-35175-tit--RIAM-04-Sonic-table-ronde- -------------------------------------------------------------------- @ 048 (18/11/2007) Publicacion : "femmes artistes/artistes femmes. Paris, de 1880 à nos jours" aux éditions Hazan, Paris, Francia. http://pourinfos.org/art-35204-tit--femmes-artistes-artistes-femmes-Paris- -------------------------------------------------------------------- @ 049 (19/11/2007) Encuentros : Outlab 2007, Lundi 19 Novembre 2007, la Bellevilloise, Paris, Francia. http://pourinfos.org/art-35170-tit--Outlab-2007-Lundi-19-Novembre-2007-la -------------------------------------------------------------------- @ 050 (20/11/2007) Residencia : Les ateliers d’Astérides, Friche Belle de Mai, Marseille, Francia. http://pourinfos.org/art-35165-tit-Residence-Les-ateliers-d-Asterides-Friche -------------------------------------------------------------------- @ 051 (20/11/2007) Encuentros : Politiques de la photographie du corps, Mardi 20 novembre à 19h, Bibliothèque Château d’Eau, Paris, Francia. http://pourinfos.org/art-35172-tit--Politiques-de-la-photographie-du-corps- -------------------------------------------------------------------- @ 052 (20/11/2007) Varios : crealab ouvre ses portes ! Nantes, Francia. http://pourinfos.org/art-35182-tit-Divers-crealab-ouvre-ses-portes-Nantes- -------------------------------------------------------------------- @ 053 (22/11/2007) Encuentros : Stop and Go, Xavier Franceschi, Gilles Baume, le 22 et 27 novembre 2007, Galerie de Paris 8, Université Paris 8, Saint Denis, Francia. http://pourinfos.org/art-35180-tit--Stop-and-Go-Xavier-Franceschi-Gilles -------------------------------------------------------------------- @ 054 (22/11/2007) Encuentros : colloque « Le rôle des arts et de la culture dans les stratégies de diplomatie publique », 22 novembre, 2007, UQAM, Montréal, Canada. http://pourinfos.org/art-35181-tit--colloque-Le-role-des-arts-et-de-la -------------------------------------------------------------------- @ 055 (23/11/2007) Encuentros : journées de l'expérimentation Experimenta 07, 23 et 24 novembre 2007, École d'art de la Communauté de l'agglomération d'Annecy, Annecy, Francia. http://pourinfos.org/art-35186-tit--journees-de-l-experimentation-Experimenta -------------------------------------------------------------------- @ 056 (24/11/2007) Encuentros : Open studios, Montpellier, Francia. http://pourinfos.org/art-35171-tit-Open-studios-Montpellier- -------------------------------------------------------------------- @ 057 (25/11/2007) Residencia : d'artiste à Lindre-Basse, centre d'art contemporain la Synagogue de Delme, Lindre-Basse, Francia. http://pourinfos.org/art-35167-tit-Residence-d-artiste-a-Lindre-Basse-centre -------------------------------------------------------------------- @ 058 (26/11/2007) Residencia : A.I.R. International Artists Residencies/FilmFest, Balatonfured, Hungria. http://pourinfos.org/art-35168-tit-Residence-A-I-R-International-Artists -------------------------------------------------------------------- @ 059 (27/11/2007) Proyeccion : « années 68 », Mois du film documentaire à la BnF, Bibliothèque nationale de France, Paris, Francia. http://pourinfos.org/art-35173-tit--annees-68-Mois-du-film-documentaire -------------------------------------------------------------------- @ 060 (27/11/2007) Encuentros : L'art contemporain, pour qui ? mardi 27 novembre 2007, l'abbaye de Maubuisson, Saint-Ouen-l'Aumône, Francia http://pourinfos.org/art-35179-tit--L-art-contemporain-pour-qui-mardi-27 -------------------------------------------------------------------- @ 061 (29/11/2007) Encuentros : L’art doit-il faire événement ?, Cipac 2007, 5ème Congrès du Cipac, Jeudi 29 et vendredi 30 novembre à Lyon, Francia. http://pourinfos.org/art-35216-tit--L-art-doit-il-faire-evenement-Cipac -------------------------------------------------------------------- @ 062 (30/11/2007) Llamada a candidatura: dossier artistique, Galerie SAW Gallery, Ontario, Canada. http://pourinfos.org/art-35166-tit--dossier-artistique-Galerie-SAW-Gallery- ----------- traducción : françois Delaporte From tanja at exstat.org Wed Nov 14 01:03:34 2007 From: tanja at exstat.org (Tanja Vujinovic) Date: Tue, 13 Nov 2007 19:33:34 -0000 Subject: [Announcements] Extagram/Oscilo exhibition Message-ID: <609CA05B-AEAE-432F-A060-A17D28A86189@exstat.org> Exstat invites you to Extagram/Oscilo, 2007 Sound objects in noisy domains Author: Tanja Vujinovic Soft plush objects, custom electronics (micro-loudspeakers, video camera, contact microphones, computers, and audio and video mixers) Production: Exstat, 2007 www.exstat.org Location: Institute Jozef Stefan Gallery, Ljubljana Date: 14th November – 22nd November 2007 Opening: Institute Jozef Stefan Gallery, Ljubljana, 14th November at 15:00 This project is supported by: MOL Culture Department, Tosama d.d., and Conrad Electronic d.o.o. k.d. Description: Extagram/Oscilo consists of a multitude of soft, plush, toy-like objects incorporating custom electronics. The objects are of various dimensions, entirely hand-made and hand-sewn, and stuffed with sanitary cotton and electronic and analog devices. By touching and moving the stuffed toy-like objects, visitors create or affect already existing sound in a site-specific space. The toy-like, soft, and plush sculptures from these cycles consist of several non-linear sound and video systems. They recode real situations as a broken data stream of glitch sounds. They address and question the main features of contemporary toys by means of close personal contact through touch, simplified cute shapes, and the construction of micro-worlds through modularity and limited, mostly sound-based interactivity. Extagram/Oscilo sculptures are built through a bending of visual and sound data via generated and routed signals. This flux of data is sometimes paused in order to enable insight into the uncanny events of the digital and analog signals, and into the aesthetic of the corrupted data. By touching and moving the stuffed toy-like objects, visitors create or affect the already existing sound. Objects are de-characterized by an absence of any facial features and by the uniformity of the black fleece texture they are made of. They are variable in terms of dimension, entirely hand-made and hand-sewn, stuffed with sanitary cotton and contain various electronic components that generate sound and video output. The paradox of the interactivity of this series is explored by assigning almost indistinguishable sounds that become noise whenever there is an interaction with the sound sculptures. In Extagram1, close contact with the user is monitored by means of a real time video system that routes the contact through one of the toys containing a video camera. The toy-sculpture captures the signal from the space and sends it to a computer, where it is processed and transmitted to the screen of another toy-object. Extagram2 is a soft plush sculpture containing a video monitor that recycles audiovisual fragments. Extagram3 provides insight into the textures and landscapes of toy micro-worlds by means of a micro camera that captures the surfaces of the stuffed sculptures. The second part of the sculpture is made of 16 corresponding clay objects that contain loudspeakers. Sound is generated from samples consisting of synthetic, play related, and childish sounds. Oscilo consists of objects which each provide a different kind of sound by means of touching or moving objects that contain pick-up microphones, miniature sound producing devices, or loudspeakers. The length and intensity of the tactile contact affect the audio signals produced. Supermono is a multi-piece sculpture based on mono audio signals in which three embedded microphones pickup signals which are then processed and re-routed to other objects. Tanja Vujinovic (Tatjana Vujinovic Kusej, b.1973), is a visual and sound artist. Her work includes intermedia objects and sound and video pieces. She is the author of a number of video and sound works, installations and public art projects. She currently works on "Sound objects in noisy domains", where she unfolds the signals in anomalies of intermedia textures through the creative use of technology and rhythmic images for touching and hearing. Her A/V works and installations have been exhibited at numerous galleries and media festivals throughout Europe and the United States, including the Museum of Contemporary Art, Denver; Kunst Palast Museum Düesseldorf; the Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Strasbourg; Kunsthaus Meran in Italy; and the Medienturm International Forum, Graz, Austria. Her works have been included in numerous collective exhibitions such as the Madrid Abierto, Euroscreen21 project, Zero Visibility, Ctheory Multimedia NetNoise and Web Biennial Istanbul. Exstat (Zavod Exstat) is a non-profit art project production and research institution that works with various intermedia projects related to sound and visual art, art in public spaces, and theory. It continues the work of the institution "Automata", which Tanja Vujinovic co-founded in 2002 and reorganized as Exstat in 2006. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://mail.sarai.net/pipermail/announcements/attachments/20071113/aa519bb2/attachment-0002.html From markcmarino at gmail.com Thu Nov 15 12:47:38 2007 From: markcmarino at gmail.com (Mark Marino) Date: Thu, 15 Nov 2007 07:17:38 -0000 Subject: [Announcements] Fwd: ELO and Library of Congress to archive 300 works of E-Lit In-Reply-To: <287213f30711142255r5e91a86bidc77d8941031398f@mail.gmail.com> References: <287213f30711142255r5e91a86bidc77d8941031398f@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: <287213f30711142317y72b3137bl1838f5f2a85cec0f@mail.gmail.com> The United States Library of Congress is archiving 300 electronic literature web sites in collaboration with the ELO (Electronic Literature Organization) and archive-it.org. To participate in this project, please see (and note there is a FAQ linked on that page, ) If you have further questions, please use the contact page at the main ELO URL, For more information on the archive itself, please contact ELO Director Joseph Tabbi (jtabbi at gmail.com) or Patria Tomaszek (tomaszek at fk615.uni-siegen.de). ***************** Categories: ************* Electronic Literature: Collections of Works: Sites that aggregate works of electronic literature by multiple authors, such as online journals and anthologies. Electronic Literature: Individual Works: Individual works of electronic literature and collections of works by a single author, as opposed to collections of works by multiple authors. Electronic Literature: Context: Sites related to the critical, theoretical, and institutional contexts of electronic literature. ******************************* Criteria for submission ************************** This style guide is meant to provide general guidelines for drafting archive-it description entries. Contributions should be submitted directly on: http://eliterature.org/wiki/ All contributions should include the title of the work and the URL where it resides. All contributions should name the entity that is primarily responsible for making the work (name of Editor, Author or other Creators). Please name the language that is used and the publisher (the entity that makes the work available; i.e. name of a person, organization or a service). Additionally, you should provide a brief and substantial (1-3 sentence) description of the work, following these guidelines: * You might want to identify the site's purpose, its content, its creators and its aesthetic. * You should focus on the work itself and its mode of presentation (not the awards won or the influence exerted by the author or institution). * Evaluative statements and self-evaluations ought to be avoided. * Avoid stating quotes (i.e. comments on a work) or reproductions of reviews and blurbs written for promotional purpose. * Information on technique, software and programming should not precede or obscure descriptions of what a work is about. * Important dates like the foundation of the site or journal should be added in the description. Provide information on how often a journal is published and what it is focusing on. * Please include ISSN numbers in your description. Mark Marino Electronic Literature Organization http://eliterature.org -- Writing Program University of Southern California http://WriterResponseTheory.org From turbulence at turbulence.org Thu Nov 15 20:21:04 2007 From: turbulence at turbulence.org (Turbulence) Date: Thu, 15 Nov 2007 14:51:04 -0000 Subject: [Announcements] Networked_Music_Review Commission: "ItSpace" by Peter Traub Message-ID: <003101c82796$e74f9830$b5eec890$@org> November 15, 2007 Networked_Music_Review Commission: "ItSpace" by Peter Traub http://turbulence.org/Works/itspace "ItSpace" creates a network of pages within the social networking site MySpace. Instead of people, the pages feature everyday household objects from the artist's house. Each page has a photo of the object, a description, and most importantly, a 1-minute piece composed of samples of the object being struck, resonated, and so forth. All the pages, or objects, are 'friends' with each other, so that visitors who discover one object may jump to the others to see their profiles and hear their sounds. Visitors to the site are invited to create new "ItSpace" pages with pieces made from their own household objects and link those in as 'friends' of the original set. "ItSpace" is a 2007 commission of New Radio and Performing Arts, Inc. for Networked_Music_Review. It was made possible with funding from the New York State Music Fund, established by the New York State Attorney General at Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors. BIOGRAPHY Peter Traub is a 4th year Ph.D. student in Composition and Computer Technologies at the University of Virginia. He received his Master's in Electro-Acoustic Music Composition from Dartmouth College in 1999. After that, Peter moved to the San Francisco Bay Area where he worked as a software engineer for five years. While gambling his daytime employment on internet startups, he spent nights composing at Stanford's CCRMA (Center for Computer Research in Music and Acoustics). His music and internet-based sound art works have been played and exhibited internationally. His interests at UV include music that utilizes computer networks, virtual and real spaces, multi-channel composition, and the exploration of alternative and open-source software systems for composition. Jo-Anne Green, Co-Director New Radio and Performing Arts, Inc.: http://new-radio.org New York: 917.548.7780 . Boston: 617.522.3856 Turbulence: http://turbulence.org Networked_Performance Blog: http://turbulence.org/blog Networked_Music_Review: http://turbulence.org/networked_music_review Upgrade! Boston: http://turbulence.org/upgrade New American Radio: http://somewhere.org From iram at sarai.net Fri Nov 16 15:17:28 2007 From: iram at sarai.net (Iram Ghufran) Date: Fri, 16 Nov 2007 09:47:28 -0000 Subject: [Announcements] Fwd: Hashiya Exhibition Invite In-Reply-To: <96c0bb200711152208o69401324j132bdf41cdeec795@mail.gmail.com> References: <9e81e6e0711151310x3d549ea7ne442bab0a13c7ac0@mail.gmail.com> <96c0bb200711152208o69401324j132bdf41cdeec795@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: <473D676D.7080803@sarai.net> > Hi Iram, Can you post it on sarai announcements? > > thanks > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Dear friends, > > Warm wishes from the Hashiya team! > > We are a beginning of a voluntary community action group that will > initiate and carry out politico-cultural activities in the Jamia Nagar > area in order to engage with and act on the issues related to > marginalisation and urban poverty. (See our concept note below this > email for more details.) > > Hashiya team is putting up an exhibition as an outcome of the process > activity that we called */HASHIYE KE RANG/* or COLOURING THE MARGINS. > We held sessions with children of all age groups in a few schools in > the area on Children's Day where children expressed their views and > perspective on their lives through painting/drawing. All these schools > cater to the children mostly from lower class and lower middle class > families and most participants are girls. > > We will put */all these paintings/* into the exhibition without > judging them for the level of "artistic skill" or presence of a clear > social message. /*We value these expressions just as they are*/, for > each child made the images that their minds conjured while we spoke > with them about their lives, school, home, neighbourhood and the > larger world. > > *We invite you to visit the exhibition to be held on November 19-21, > 2007 between 10 am and 5 pm in collaboration with the Community > Outreach Programme of Centre for Jawaharlal Nehru Studies, ** Jamia > Millia Islamia** at Cafe Castro, JMI with friends/family/colleagues*. > We also extend a special invitation to you for the formal opening of > the exhibition on the 19 November at 11 am by Ms. Samina Mishra . > > Samina Mishra is an idependent film maker and writer of children's > literature. Her first book for children "Hina in the Old City" was > published by Tulika. She has made documentary films like "Aadha > Aasman" and "The House on Gulmohar Avenue". She has conducted numerous > workshops in Delhi and elsewhere encouraging creative writing, > thinking and exploration for children and has, in her own words, > "ended up with lot of work with children, home, belonging and such > issues". Samina is also a very special member of the Jamia community- > having been herself a student of the Jamia's AJK Mass Communication > Research Centre and having translated children's stories written by > her great grandfather, Dr Zakir Husain from Urdu to English- published > by Young Zubaan in their "The Magic Key series". > > Please come to see t he exhibition and interact with participating > children, their families, other community members on the themes of > marginalisation, urbanisation, children's perspective and aspiration > as also Hashiya and our work , with light music, over a cup of tea at > our wonderful venue- the Cafe Castro. > > > Best regards, > Ghazala Jamil > HASHIYA No song, no literature, no poem full of vitamins, no history connected to experience that you can pass along to help us start strong? You are an adult. The old one, the wise one. Stop thinking about saving your face. Think of our lives and tell us your particularized world. Make up a story. Narrative is radical, creating us at the very moment it is being created. We will not blame you if your reach exceeds your grasp; if love so ignites your words they go down in flames and nothing is left but their scald. Or if, with the reticence of a surgeon's hands, your words suture only the places where blood might flow. We know you can never do it properly - once and for all. Passion is never enough; neither is skill. But try. For our sake and yours forget your name in the street; tell us what the world has been to you in the dark places and in the light. Don't tell us what to believe, what to fear. Show us belief’s wide skirt and the stitch that unravels fear's caul. You, old woman, blessed with blindness, can speak the language that tells us what only language can: how to see without pictures. Language alone protects us from the scariness of things with no names. Language alone is meditation. Tell us what it is to be a woman so that we may know what it is to be a man. What moves at the margin. What it is to have no home in this place. To be set adrift from the one you knew. What it is to live at the edge of towns that cannot bear your company. … … In her country children have bitten their tongues off and use bullets instead to iterate the voice of speechlessness, of disabled and disabling language, of language adults have abandoned altogether as a device for grappling with meaning, providing guidance, or expressing love. But she knows tongue-suicide is not only the choice of children. It is common among the infantile heads of state and power merchants whose evacuated language leaves them with no access to what is left of their human instincts for they speak only to those who obey, or in order to force obedience. Toni Morrison On the city margins: Jamia Nagar Jamia Nagar is a predominantly Muslim community in the south-east corner of Delhi- literally on the city margins- a mish-mash of upper class enclaves where the rich wall themselves in socially (and physically in most cases) and poor quarters or ghettos, if you wish, which contain the repressed lower economic class. They stick together to protect their ‘cultural integrity’ and to ensure their physical safety from real or perceived threat of communal violence or simply because there is no where else to go to. The rest of the town seems unable to bear their company, rent them houses or hire their labour. A place where a self-defensive and chosen form of marginalisation as well as a negatively produced and repressed “Other” exist concurrently. Residents use these “self-defensive” or “repressive” walls to “protect” themselves but end up as unwitting perpetrators and victims of marginalisation leading to ‘otherness’ and suspicion, leading further to possibilities of criminalisation. Hashiya Our self-image is partly made up of how others see us and partly of our own assessment of our self. Where does one end and the other begins? The answer comes out a little garbled and unclear. What is clear though is that our self-image influences the way we behave or carry ourselves. In turn that influences people’s opinions of us which contribute to an altered (?) self-image. What if we extend this self image concept from individuals and apply it to group of people or communities? Hashiya is an exploration of their identity by people, and creation of a new altered identity for those who engage with the process. It is to support or bringing to fore (to the space where it can be used) knowledge created about a group of people and the world they cohabit with other people and communities by themselves. Language/articulation and the social conditions which shape it are the central theme since, through communication or an inability to communicate, specific ideas and interpretations of the world and how people behave in it are formulated. Hashiya, therefore, aims to become a space/an opportunity to give tongue to the language of the marginalised and through this new articulation give rise to a new political consciousness that brings change and creates new realities. Most groups working with the marginalised study them and their problems and inadvertently stop at creating knowledge about them for the mainstream. Hashiya will make conscious effort to study the society from the peripheral perspectives and strive to present these to the larger society. We will strive to create avenues for politico-cultural expression for the people of the community and use these to uphold the rights of the poorest within the community. Hashiya will always remain a community based voluntary action group initiated and sustained by the energy and people from within the community. In this manner it is different from other people’s organisations that depend on external leaders who work for a period of time with community and then ‘hand over’ to leave and move on. Hashiya: activities Activities that bring in more exposure to the world for children, youth and women from the community. Activities promoting democratic outlook Activities promoting arts and articulation Regular Local film screenings- World cinema, children’s cinema Bookshop and reading room Talks and readings by personalities in various fields Gatherings around music and poetry Publishing: Hashiya aarai (to comment) Books that carry articulation and expression of the marginalised communities and seek to end/minimise the degree of separation of the side stream from the ‘mainstream’. Books that comment on larger issues of the community, the larger society and the world. Abridged booklets, pamphlets liberated from jargon- for the consumption of community in English/Hindi and Urdu. The other aspect of Hashiya activities will be those that will draw energy from the above politico-cultural activities. Gaining strength from people’s articulation of their issues and concerns Hashiya will initiate and facilitate activities monitoring (and thereby, strengthening) the reach of the people to public welfare services and programmes of other community based organisations. Building and facilitating network of other CBOs in Jamia Nagar area with the objective of enriching work through sharing and increased accountability Monitoring and strengthening reach of the people to welfare services available in the area by the network. From mitoo at sarai.net Mon Nov 19 11:14:59 2007 From: mitoo at sarai.net (mitoo das) Date: Mon, 19 Nov 2007 05:44:59 -0000 Subject: [Announcements] Three Day Film Festival by The Russian Centre of Science and Magic Lantern Foundation Message-ID: <47412302.9050203@sarai.net> Dear friends, The Russian Centre of Science & Culture and Magic Lantern Foundation invite you to a three-day film festival Celebrating 60 years of Indo-Russian Friendship. A collection of Russian and Indian documentaries that explore various dimensions of freedom, citizenship, gender and arts practices will be screened from 26 to 28 November 2007 in New Delhi. In total nine documentaries will be screened of which six are from Russia and three from India. Details of the event and films are provided below. We hope to see you at the festival. ---------------------------------------------- Celebrating 60 years of Indo-Russian Friendship, 26th to 28th November 2007 Venue: Concert Hall, Russian Centre of Science & Culture; 24, Ferozshah Road, New Delhi. Time: 6 pm to 9 pm No tickets required, seating on first come first serve basis. FILM FESTIVAL SCHEDULE DAY 1: 26th November 2007 1. Zilim Grannies; by V. Yumagulova, English (subtitles), 35 min This film presents live history and the life of ordinary village women and their use of songs as expressions. 2. Jashn-e-Azadi (How We celebrate Freedom), by Sanjay Kak, Kashmiri/Urdu/English (English subtitles), 138 mins, 2007 Shot and edited between August 2004-2006 Jashn-e-Azadi engages us with the idea of Azadi in Kashmir. In 2007, as India celebrates it's 60th anniversary of Independence, this is also a conversation about Freedom in India. DAY 2: 27th November 2007 1. Scribbles on Akka; by Madhusree Dutta English (with subtitles), 60 minutes, 2000 The film is a celebration of rebellion, feminity and legacy down nine hundred years and explores the multiple existence of the 12th century saint poet, Mahadevi Akka through the work of contemporary artists and writers and testimonies of ordinary folks who nurtured her image through centuries in their folklores and oral literature. 2. Martha; by N. Guguyeva, A. Kogan, English (subtitles), 39 minutes, Moscow The film is a story of Martha, a 75 year-old sculptor in Moscow, her life as woman and artist, and her creative work. 3. The Bastion; by Viktoria Fomina, English (subtitles), 52 min, Moscow A Medieval Russian St. Makary, founder of the Troitsky-Kalyazin Monastery, submerged at beginning of the 20 century, appeared before a contemporary carpenter Alexander Kapitonov. The film opens new pages in the history of the Monastery 4. Ledin; by V.Petukhov & E. Korolenko, English (subtitles), 44 min, St. Petersburg The film is a beautiful life story of Russian documentary film-maker Yuriy Ledin, who together with his wife and little daughter for a long time lived and worked in Arctic regions among snow and white bears. DAY 3: 28th November 2007 1. Moscow Forever; by O. Chernov, English (subtitles), 90 min, Moscow The film shows the great celebration of 850th Anniversary of the foundation of Russian capital Moscow in 1997. The celebration has become significant event in world cultural life. 2. Yaptik Hesse; by E. Bartenev, English (subtitles), 30 minutes, St. Petersburg The film shows everyday life and unique customs of the family Yaptik, which belongs to Nenets people, who live in the far North of Russia. 3. Q2P; Paromita Vohra, English (with subtitles), 53 minutes, 2006 Who is dreaming up the global city? Q2P peers through the dream of Mumbai as a future Shanghai and finds... public toilets... not enough of them. 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Boston: Kurt Ralske Message-ID: <010f01c82bc1$2334bb40$699e31c0$@org> :: Kurt Ralske :: ::: Up Next ::: :::: About :::: :: Kurt Ralske :: http://turbulence.org/upgrade/archives/12_04_07KR.html DATE: December 4, 2007 TIME: 7:00-9:00 pm VENUE: North 181 - entrance on Evans Way, Massachusetts College of Art + Design, 621 Huntington Avenue, Boston, Massachusetts. Follow the signs posted on the outside of the Tower Building (black glass) [Green Line "E"] Kurt Ralske's video installations and performances are created exclusively with his own custom software. His work has been exhibited internationally, including at the Guggenheim Bilbao, Los Angeles Museum of Contemporary Art, and the Montreal Museum of Contemporary Art. Kurt programmed and co-designed the 9-channel video installation that is permanently in the lobby of the MoMA in NYC. In 2003, his work received First Prize at the Transmediale International Media Art Festival in Berlin, as a member of the video ensemble 242.pilots. He is also the author/programmer of Auvi, a popular video software environment in use by artists in 22 countries. Kurt is the recipient of a 2007 Rockefeller Foundation Media Arts Fellowship. Kurt resides in New York City. He is Visiting Professor of Digital Art at The School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, and is on the faculty of The School of Visual Arts, NYC, in the MFA Computer Art Department. ::: Up Next ::: Limor Fried + Seth Riskin - January 24, 2008 :::: About Upgrade Boston :::: Upgrade! Boston (http://turbulence.org/upgrade) is curated by Jo-Anne Green for Turbulence.org (http://turbulence.org) in partnership with the Studio for Interrelated Media at Massachusetts College of Art + Design (http://www.massart.edu/). It is one of 27 nodes currently active in Upgrade! International (http://www.theupgrade.net/), an emerging network of autonomous nodes united by art, technology, and a commitment to bridging cultural divides. 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Our November 20th, 2007 upload can be viewed online now! - *Ranjit Hoskote's *essay on* Distinguished Company: Pictorial Dialogues *by* Nayanaa Kanodia* - A poem by* Rakhi Peshwani - Sonnet for the Silent Machines* - *Nataraj Sharma *writes about his inspiration and works* – Flight – *which is* *currently being exhibited at Art & Public: Cabinet PH, Geneva by Bodhi Art** - *Anand Gadapa *writes about *Piraji Sagara*'s exhibition *Metaphors for Living *which was on view at Sarjan gallery, Baroda.** - ** Plus our regular features and news… Log on to www.mattersofart.com for the latest news in Indian contemporary art -- Anoop Kamath Editor-in-Chief www.mattersofart.com Mobile: 98111 68775 -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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The stage was set for a saviour, a super hero who would rid the world of crime, corruption and the loaded word taking root in the Indian psyche:terrorism. And so, (arguably) India’s first Superhero, Nagraj, was born. After 25 years of producing a galaxy of Indian superheroes, Raj Comics remains the single largest comic book publication house in India today. Their flagship characters include Hindi comic- book legends such as Nagraj, Super Commando Dhruv, Doga, Parmanu, Bhokal, Shakti, Bhediya, and Tiranga. Sarai-CSDS and the FIRC (French Information Resource Center) are happy to announce that for the first time in its history, Raj Comics will be talking about its origin, history, evolution and future. The Third Comic Book Reading will be taking place on 30th November 2007 at 5:00 p.m. Venue: FIRC(French Information Resource Center) 2, Aurengzeb Road, New Delhi. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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The details of the reading are given below. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- *Third Comic Book Reading 30th November, 5:00 pm French Information and Resource Centre 2, Aurengzeb Road New Delhi* Sarai-CSDS and the FIRC (French Information Resource Center) are happy to announce that for the first time in its history, *Raj Comics* will be talking about its origin, history, evolution and future. Sometime around the late 1980s, when Indrajaal comics was beginning to close shop and Amar Chitra Katha had stopped creating new stories and was printing re-runs, three brothers decided to open their own comic book publication. In their quest for the Indian Superhero, Raj Comics was born. The late 1980s were also a tumultuous time in India. The then Prime Minister, Indira Gandhi had been shot dead, there was trouble brewing in Punjab, Delhi was still recovering from the 1984 communal riots, and the Kashmir issue was just beginning to seethe. The stage was set for a saviour, a super hero who would rid the world of crime, corruption and the loaded word taking root in the Indian psyche: terrorism. And so, (arguably) India's first Superhero, Nagraj, was born. After 25 years of producing a galaxy of Indian superheroes, Raj Comics remain the single largest comic book publication house in India today. Their flagship characters include Hindi comic- book legends such as Nagraj, Super Commando Dhruv, Doga, Parmanu, Bhokal, Shakti, Bhediya, and Tiranga. Hope you will make yourself available for the event. Best, Mitoo Das Programme Coordinator Sarai, CSDS Email me at: mitoo at sarai.net -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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The performance will comprise his own published and recent work, as well as works by a diverse range of poets such as Yeats, Neruda, Dylan Thomas, Akhmatova, Faiz, Jibanananda Das (in Bangla and in English translation) and many others, focusing on the universal articulation of love and freedom in poetry. Arka has presented Spoken Word recital, poetry and movement based performance pieces and solo plays in Bangalore, Calcutta, Pune, Bombay and Hyderabad. He teaches theatre at an international school in the city. He started the SpeechMagic initiative as an attempt to popularize the Spoken Word and oral performance art, especially among young people and young adults. The performance is at *Easy Library, *972 H, 1st A Main, ST Bed Layout, 4th Block, Koramangala (Phone: 41102231,25501499), near Maharaja Restaurant. 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To know more about the Sarai Readers one can visit the following link: http://www.sarai.net/publications/readers/ To buy the Sarai Readers one can visit the link given below: http://www.scholarswithoutborders.in/search_list.php?field=publisher&fieldValue=sarai We hope this attempt by us will make you collect the Readers easily and comfortably. Best, Mitoo Das ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Programme Coordinator Sarai- CSDS Email me at: mitoo at sarai.net -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://mail.sarai.net/pipermail/announcements/attachments/20071125/86bb2cef/attachment-0002.html From turbulence at turbulence.org Mon Nov 26 05:03:40 2007 From: turbulence at turbulence.org (Turbulence) Date: Sun, 25 Nov 2007 23:33:40 -0000 Subject: [Announcements] Now is the Time! Message-ID: <007501c82fbb$7861e310$6925a930$@org> Dear Friends, We need your support. If you: -- are one of the thousands of people who regularly visit Turbulence.org, Networked_Performance, Networked_Music_Review and/or New American Radio and/or -- are one of the hundreds of teachers who use Turbulence works in your new media/digital art courses and/or -- are an artist who has received a Turbulence, Networked_Music_Review or New American Radio commission and/or -- have presented at or attended Upgrade! Boston (Art Interactive or Massachusetts College of Art and Design), Floating Points (Emerson College), or Programmable Media (Pace Digital Gallery) now is the time to give something back. We cannot continue without your help. We MUST raise $25,000 by December 31, 2007. WHAT WE'VE ACCOMPLISHED IN 2007 In addition to an exceptional year of supporting artists through commissions, public events, and our world-renowned resource, Networked_Performance, we started a second blog called Networked_Music_Review (NMR). On it you will find in-depth interviews with sonic artists and musicians; world-wide events highlighted in real time; a "Weekly" post spotlighting interesting works, artists and conversations; a monthly newsletter which summarizes each month's activities; and much more. WHAT YOU CAN EXPECT IN 2008 On November 15, NMR began launching fifteen commissioned works, several of which will premiere live at "Programmable Media II: Networked_Music," a 2-day symposium at Pace University, New York City in April 2008. In addition to launching 20 new commissioned works, other upcoming highlights include "Mixed Realities," an exhibition and symposium at Emerson College, winter 2008; and "Re(Connecting) the Adamses," a major exhibition co-presented with Greylock Arts (Adams, Massachusetts) and MCLA Gallery 51 (North Adams, Massachusetts), summer 2008. Please make a cash tax-deductible (for US residents) contribution. No amount is too small! 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Boston: http://turbulence.org/upgrade New American Radio: http://somewhere.org From nc-agricowi at netcologne.de Tue Nov 27 16:18:20 2007 From: nc-agricowi at netcologne.de (netEX) Date: Tue, 27 Nov 2007 10:48:20 -0000 Subject: [Announcements] =?ISO-8859-1?Q?netEX=5Fcalls, =20deadlines=20and=20news=20-=20December=202007?= Message-ID: <20071127114759.20CFCE75.EE33E04E@192.168.0.3> netEX: calls, deadlines & news December 2007 ------------------------------------- [NewMediaArtProjectNetwork]:||cologne newsletter contents 1. calls & deadlines 10 Calls: December deadlines external 08 Calls: ongoing external 2. network news a) NewMediaFest2007 b) CologneOFF - Cologne Online Film Festival c) Agricola de Cologne news ------------------------------------- First of all !! --> [NewMediaArtProjectNetwork]:||cologne and its virtual team wish all their friends and partners a Merry Christmas and a Happy and Peaceful New Year 2008 ------------------------------------- 1. Calls & deadlines ---> [NewMediaArtProjectNetwork]:||cologne www.nmartproject.net ------------------------------------------------ December deadlines: external ------------------------------------------------ 31 December Biennale des Poètes Val de Marne/France http://www.nmartproject.net/netex/?p=161 31 December Web Biennial Istanbul/Turkey http://www.nmartproject.net/netex/?p=10 20 December "In Transition Russia 2008?, exhibition project in Moskow & Yekaterinburg/Russia http://www.nmartproject.net/netex/?p=152 15 December Screenings of videos under the subject of "The unfaithful narrator" - Studio 27 San Francisco/USA http://www.nmartproject.net/netex/?p=153 15 December Application for Master of Science in Visual Studies, MIT http://www.nmartproject.net/netex/?p=155 12 December T-10 Video Festival Oklahoma/USA http://www.nmartproject.net/netex/?p=174 1 December Dreaming a New Real: Video & Multimedia at RENSSELAER NEWMAN FOUNDATION, Troy, NY, USA http://www.nmartproject.net/netex/?p=144 1 December Labour - exhibition project for the web http://www.nmartproject.net/netex/?p=151 1 December Residency in Beijing (China) http://www.nmartproject.net/netex/?p=164 1 December Tampere Int. Shortfilm Festival (Finland) http://www.nmartproject.net/netex/?p=102 ----------------------------------------------- Ongoing calls: external/internal ----------------------------------------------- Netart for JavaMuseum - Forum for Internet Technology in Contemp. Art http://www.nmartproject.net/netex/?p=138 Films and video screenings Sioux City (USA) http://www.nmartproject.net/netex/?p=15 Laisle screenings Rio de Janeiro/Brazil http://www.nmartproject.net/netex/?p=21 Videos for Helsinki based video gallery - 00130 Gallery http://www.nmartproject.net/netex/?p=93 Web based works for 00130 Gallery Helsinki/Finland http://www.nmartproject.net/netex/?p=94 Project: Repetion as a Model for Progression by Marianne Holm Hansen http://www.nmartproject.net/netex/?p=95 Raw Video New York/NY (USA) http://www.nmartproject.net/netex/?p=147 US webjournal Atomic Unicorn seeks netart and video art for coming editions http://www.nmartproject.net/netex/?p=170 ------------------------------------------ more deadlines on http://www.nmartproject.net/netex/?page_id=4 ------------------------------------------ 2. network news ------------------------------------------ a) On 1 November 2007, the Network launched NewMediaFest2007 - http://2007.newmediafest.org http//www.newmediafest.org/blog/ - the 1st common festival of The Network - www.nmartproject.net running from 1 Nov 2007 - 31 May 2008 and the 1st physical NewMediaFest2007 was running 15-17 November hosted by 3rd Int. Digital Art Festival 2007 Rosario/Argentina http://www.newmediafest.org/blog/?page_id=16 NewMediaFest2007 is presenting a program of new media art in a broad bandwidth and variety featuring latest competition results and project developments by * CologneOFF - Cologne Online Film Festival - http://coff.newmediafest.org * JavaMuseum - Forum for Internet Technology in Contemporary Art - http://www.javamuseum.org * VideoChannel - video project environments - http://videochannel.newmediafest.org * SoundLAB - sonic art project environments - http://soundlab.newmediafest.org * Cinematheque - streaming media project environments - http://cinema.nmartproject.net * AND - Artists Network Database - http://and.nmartproject.net - official launch More details on netEX news November 2007 http://www.nmartproject.net/netex/?p=169 http://www.nmartproject.net/netex/?p=168 http://www.nmartproject.net/netex/?p=167 http://www.nmartproject.net/netex/?p=165 http://www.nmartproject.net/netex/?p=163 http://www.nmartproject.net/netex/?p=162 or on the festival blog - http://www.newmediafest.org/blog/ Following PDF catalogue is available for free download NewMediaFest2007 - general program http://downloads.nmartproject.net/NewMediaFest_2007.pdf b) CologneOFF - Cologne Online Film Festival http://coff.newmediafest.org launched on 1 November in the framework of NewMediaFest2007 its 3rd festival edition - CologneOFF III - Toon! Toon! - art cartoons and animated narratives see list of participants - http://coff.newmediafest.org/blog/?page_id=6 CologneOFF continued its physical manifestations ---> CologneOFF III 9/10 November --->24 Hours of Nuremberg Film Festival/Germany 15-17 November---> 3rd Digital Art Festival Rosario/Argentina - CologneOFF I on 19 November ---> VIP Art Gallery Belgrade/Serbia Following new PDF catalogues are available for free download *CologneOFF III - Toon! Toon! - art cartoons & animates narratives http://downloads.nmartproject.net/CologneOFF_3rd_edition_2007.pdf *CologneOFF III - Retrospective Nick Fox-Gieg http://downloads.nmartproject.net/CologneOFF_retro_fox.gieg_2007.pdf Preview--> Cologne OFF - Cologne Online Film Festival is invited to present a selection from "CologneOFF I - genderscapes" during "Les Inattendus Film Festival" Lyon/France - 25-28 January 2008 c) Agricola de Cologne film/videos - were presented in November on 1. Pantheon -Experimental Film Festival Nikosia/Cyprus 2. Optica VideoFestival Gijon/Spain 3.. Belle Arte Lamia VideoArt Lamia/Greece 4. 3rd International Digital Art Festival Rosario/Argentina 5. 24 hours of Nuremberg/Germany 6. Laisle Videotape & Sound Rio de Janeir/Brazil 7. Screening in Belgrade/Serbia 8. Desert Generation in Amsterdam/NL 9. Experimental Film Festival Baia Mare/Romania More details on http://www.agricola-de-cologne.de/blog/?p=125 in December 10. Instants Video Festival Marseille/France in Liege/Belgium - 12 December 2007 - 11. 2nd Bursa International Film Festival Bursa/Turkey - 7-13 December 2007 more news on http://www.agricola-de-cologne.de/blog/ ----------------------------------------------- NetEX - networked experience http://netex.nmartproject.net http://www.nmartproject.net/netex/ # calls in the external section--> http://www.nmartproject.net/netex/?cat=3 # calls in the internal section--> http://www.nmartproject.net/netex/?cat=1 ----------------------------------------------- # This newsletter is also released on http://www.nmartproject.net/netex/?cat=9 # NetEx - networked experiences http://netex.nmartproject.net is a free information service powered by [NewMediaArtProjectNetwork]:||cologne www.nmartproject.net - the experimental platform for Art and New Media from Cologne/Germany # info & contact: info (at) nmartproject.net From alice at tank.tv Tue Nov 27 17:57:14 2007 From: alice at tank.tv (Alice O'Reilly) Date: Tue, 27 Nov 2007 12:27:14 -0000 Subject: [Announcements] www.tank.tv : Rachel Reupke : 01.12.07 - 01.01.08 Message-ID: <442eb4460711270427q2c378bb8qe5a8d9be89258749@mail.gmail.com> Rachel Reupke 1st December - 1st January 2008 tank.tv sees out the year with a solo show from Rachel Reupke. Showcasing a selection of chapters from her ongoing project of re-examining romantic filmic conventions in the age of mass reproduction, the programme will include previously unseen work. Inspired by the opening moments of Herzog's Aguirre: Wrath of God, Hitchcock's North By Northwest and the landscapes of Bruegel, Friedrich and Turner, in Reupke's work scenery and vistas are manipulated to the point of hyperreality. "Romanticism is tempered" Reupke says, her moving images, "set within the post-industrial age depict landscapes organised for economic gain and social control, where technological progress, though impressive in scale and ambition, retains an underlying element of threat." Visually beautiful and delicately unsettling her work explores the tensions inherent in the contemporary vista as interpret ed by technologies (both current and historical), industry and inhabitants. Several recent works will form part of the exhibition. Now Wait for Last Year (2007) is made in response to the rapid developments in the architecture of contemporary Beijing and was made whilst the artist was on an Arts Council fellowship in China. Utilising 21st century techniques of digital manipiulation this work contrasts with the historical nature of the technology used to create Land of Cockaigne (2007). This god's eye view of the Sussex Downs was taken using the camera obscura at Foredown Tower in the village of Portslade. Taking it's cue from early camera obscura entertainments, fictional scenes are staged in the landscape which appear in the footage from this one continuous camera movement. Other works include Parc Naturel (2003), Untitled No1 and No2 (2006) and Tignes (2005), Reupke's choreographed look at the French ski resort when Summer and neglect conspire to disrupt the views from a selection of 'webcams'. Rachel Reupke was born in Henley-on-Thames in 1971 and studied at Nottingham Trent University and Goldsmiths College, London. She now lives and works in the British capital and recent exhibitions include Land of Cockaigne, Fabrica, Brighton; Beyond the Country, Lewis Glucksman Gallery, Cork; Vidéo et après, Pompidou Centre, Paris (solo screening) and 24 Hour Fresh Air, L'Espace Croisé, Roubaix. Rachel Reupke is online at www.tank.tv from 1st December 2007 - 1st January 2008. www.tank.tv www.tank.tv/freshmoves.htm For all press enquiries please contact Alice O'Reilly E: alice at tank.tv Tel: +44 (0)207 434 0110, A: tank.tv / Tank Magazine 5th Floor 49 - 50 Great Marlborough Street, London, W1F 7JR. -- - - - - - - - - - - - - Alice O'Reilly tank.tv 5th floor 49-50 Great Marlborough street London W1F 7JR alice at tank.tv T +44 (0)207434 0110 F +44 (0)207434 9232 http://www.tank.tv - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Now showing: Love & Hate 15th October – 15th November 2007 Fresh Moves - Out now! Order your copy on www.tank.tv "A significant archive of creative practices in the early years of twenty-first century England" Tyler Coburn, Tomorrow Unlimited --- tank.tv is an inspirational showcase for innovative work in film and video. Dedicated to exhibiting and promoting emerging and established international artists, www.tank.tv acts as a major online gallery and archive for video art. A platform for contemporary moving images. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://mail.sarai.net/pipermail/announcements/attachments/20071127/43cdcd08/attachment-0002.html From alice at tank.tv Fri Nov 30 22:27:26 2007 From: alice at tank.tv (Alice O'Reilly) Date: Fri, 30 Nov 2007 16:57:26 -0000 Subject: [Announcements] Submissions Invited for Exhibition on www.tank.tv Message-ID: <442eb4460711300857l50dc6f40j8195d51a7e2f98a@mail.gmail.com> Submissions Invited for Exhibition on www.tank.tv 1st January - 1st March 2008 tank.tv is inviting submissions to its forthcoming show, The Whole World, curated by Ian White. The Whole World is a list of lists: a programme of artists' film and video and an interactive online exhibition. Both a formal device and a political strategy, film and video that deploys a list as part of its structure often does so with political intent: to subvert hierarchies, to undermine rationalism or to reveal contradiction. In contemporary culture the pop chart's Top 10 has been replaced by an ever-expanding craze for "Top 100s" of everything from Hollywood genres to celebrity gaffes. The Whole World attempts to wrestle back the initiative… The Whole World is situated somewhere between the absurd and obsessive enterprises of Flaubert's eponymous characters Bouvard and Pecuchet (they hopelessly collect and explore until, exhausted, they revert to their original jobs as copy clerks) and the Japanese animated game Katamari in which players roll all matter – objects, buildings, landscapes, the world itself - into snowballing globes of stuff. The Whole World is ridiculous and irreverent, ambitious and viral. Viewers are invited to contribute to the programme selected by Ian White by uploading their own video list, be that an extract from an existing work or something made specially for the purpose, to compile a unique, exponential collection: an extraordinary list of lists, of the world as we know it – the whole world. Work will be selected to join the online exhibition as well as a rolling tank.tv programme on the CASZartscreen in Amsterdam. Submissions will be accepted prior to, and throughout the exhibition online. Submit work via the website or mail mini DV tapes and/or Quicktime files to tank.tv 5th Floor 49 - 50 Great Marlborough St London W1F 7JR UK Queries and questions to: Alice O'Reilly / alice at tank.tv -- - - - - - - - - - - - - Alice O'Reilly tank.tv 5th floor 49-50 Great Marlborough street London W1F 7JR alice at tank.tv T +44 (0)207434 0110 F +44 (0)207434 9232 http://www.tank.tv - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Now showing: Love & Hate 15th October – 15th November 2007 Fresh Moves - Out now! Order your copy on www.tank.tv "A significant archive of creative practices in the early years of twenty-first century England" Tyler Coburn, Tomorrow Unlimited --- tank.tv is an inspirational showcase for innovative work in film and video. Dedicated to exhibiting and promoting emerging and established international artists, www.tank.tv acts as a major online gallery and archive for video art. 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